Menschenopfer
German, noun[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌʔɔp͡fɐ]
Menschenopfer is spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-O-P-F-E-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 56,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menschenopfer is a German neuter noun meaning “human sacrifice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tötung einer Person aus kultischen Gründen”.
What does Menschenopfer mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhuman sacrifice
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tötung einer Person aus kultischen Gründen 2. Verlust an Personen durch Gewalt-/Waffeneinwirkung oder andere Ursachen
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 Menschenopfer
- Menschenopfers genitive
- Menschenopfern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Menschenopfer?
- [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌʔɔp͡fɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Menschenopfer in German?
Menschenopfer appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).