Aufmerksamkeitsspanne
German, noun/ˈaʊ̯fmɛʁkzaːmkaɪ̯t͡sˌʃpanə/
Aufmerksamkeitsspanne is spelled A-U-F-M-E-R-K-S-A-M-K-E-I-T-S-S-P-A-N-N-E (21 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufmerksamkeitsspanne is a German feminine noun meaning “attention span” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zeitraum, in welchem Informationen aufgenommen werden können”.
What does Aufmerksamkeitsspanne mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineattention span
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zeitraum, in welchem Informationen aufgenommen werden können
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Aufmerksamkeitsspanne
- Aufmerksamkeitsspannen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Aufmerksamkeitsspanne?
- /ˈaʊ̯fmɛʁkzaːmkaɪ̯t͡sˌʃpanə/
- [ˈaʊ̯fmɛʁkzaːmkaɪ̯t͡sˌʃpanə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Aufmerksamkeitsspanne in German?
Aufmerksamkeitsspanne appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).