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OP

German, noun/oˈpeː/

OP is spelled O-P (2 letters) and appears 35 times per million words in written German, the 2,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). OP is a German feminine noun meaning “short for Operation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does OP mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialfeminineshort for Operation

noun

  1. 1

    masculineshort for Operationssaal

  2. 2

    masculineshort for Operationsverstärker

noun

  1. 1

    neuterinitialism of operationelles Programm

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

abbreviation: 1. Oberpräsident 2. Oberprüfungsamt 3. österreichisches Kfz-Kennzeichen für Oberpullendorf 4. Objektprogramm

prefix: 1. gegen-, dagegen-, entgegen-, wider-

abbreviation: 1. operativ 2. opus , opp. (opera)

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 OP

  • OPs plural
  • ob- variant
  • Op. alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce OP?

  • /oˈpeː/
  • [oːˈpeː]
  • [ɔp]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to OP

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is OP in German?

OP appears 35 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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