Opal
German, noun[oˈpaːl]
Opal is spelled O-P-A-L (4 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 47,290th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opal is a German masculine noun meaning “opal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Edelstein aus der Mineralklasse der Oxide; als Schmuck verwendet”.
What does Opal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineopal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Edelstein aus der Mineralklasse der Oxide; als Schmuck verwendet 2. feines Baumwollgewebe; milchiger Batist 3. eine funktionale Programmiersprache; 1986 entwickelt
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 Opal
- Opals genitive
- Opale plural
- Opalen dative definite plural
- [1] chemische Summenformel: SiO²•nH²O abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Opal?
- [oˈpaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Opal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Opal in German?
Opal appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).