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opak

German, adjective/oˈpaːk/

opak is spelled O-P-A-K (4 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opak is a German adjective meaning “opaque” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so, dass man nicht durchschauen kann”.

What does opak mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    opaque

    Graphit ist im Gegensatz zu Diamant opak.

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

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. so, dass man nicht durchschauen kann 2. Eigenschaft von Wörtern, deren Struktur in Form und Bedeutung nicht ganz klar ist 3. so verworren, dass es nicht nachvollziehbar ist

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 opak

  • opaker masculine nominative singular
  • am opaksten superlative
  • opake feminine nominative singular
  • opakes neuter nominative singular
  • opaken genitive masculine singular
  • opakem dative masculine singular
  • der opake definite includes-article masculine
  • die opake definite feminine includes-article
  • das opake definite includes-article neuter
  • die opaken definite includes-article nominative
  • des opaken definite genitive includes-article
  • der opaken definite feminine genitive
  • dem opaken dative definite includes-article
  • opaque alternative

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

How do you pronounce opak?

  • /oˈpaːk/
  • [oˈpaːk]

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

English words that translate to opak

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

How common is opak in German?

opak appears about once in every 7 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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