lange Atem

/[ˌlaŋə ˈaːtəm]/ noun

The verdict

“lange Atem” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun — the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
10
letters

Dominant Wiktionary sense: Nominativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs langer Atem

Key facts for lange Atem
PropertyValue
Headwordlange Atem
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌlaŋə ˈaːtəm]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “lange Atem” sits in German frequency

lange Atem falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words — the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for lange Atem is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌlaŋə ˈaːtəm]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Nominativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs langer Atem".

No misspelling variants are generated for lange Atem in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is lange Atem, spelled L-A-N-G-E- -A-T-E-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs langer Atem

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "lange Atem"?
"lange Atem" is spelled L-A-N-G-E- -A-T-E-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌlaŋə ˈaːtəm].
What does "lange Atem" mean?
As a noun, "lange Atem" means: Nominativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs langer Atem
How do you pronounce "lange Atem"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "lange Atem" is [ˌlaŋə ˈaːtəm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "lange Atem" come from?
"lange Atem" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “lange Atem”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is L-A-N-G-E- -A-T-E-M — every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˌlaŋə ˈaːtəm] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.