Atem

See also: atem, ATEM, atém, and atêm

English

Proper noun

Atem

1. (Egyptian mythology) Alternative form of Atum.

Anagrams

• maté, META, team, meat, mate, Tame, meta, Meta, meta-, AEMT, -mate, tame, Team, Tema

German

Alternative forms

• Athem (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German ātem, from Old High German ātum, from Proto-West Germanic *ādm, *āþm, from Proto-Germanic *ēþmaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₁tmén-. Cognate with Dutch adem and Old English ǣþm. Doublet of Odem.

Final unstressed -em (except in the adjectival dative ending) regularly becomes -en in Late Middle High German; compare Boden, Faden. The corresponding form āten is attested, but did not establish itself because of the influence of the verb atmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːtəm/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Atem m (strong, genitive Atems, no plural)

1. breath

Declension

Declension of Atem [sg-only, masculine, strong]

	singular
	indef.	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Atem
genitive	eines	des	Atems
dative	einem	dem	Atem
accusative	einen	den	Atem

Derived terms

• atemlos
• atemberaubend
• atmen
• außer Atem
• mit angehaltenem Atem

Related terms

• Odem

Further reading

• “Atem” in Duden online
• “Atem” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache