Oper
German, noun/ˈoːpəʁ/
Oper is spelled O-P-E-R (4 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,427th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Oper is a German feminine noun meaning “opera (theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gattungsbezeichnung für dramatische Bühnenwerke, deren Handlung durch Gesang und Instrumentalmusik…”.
What does Oper mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineopera (theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance)
- 2
feminineopera house, opera (theatre, or similar building, primarily used for staging opera)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gattungsbezeichnung für dramatische Bühnenwerke, deren Handlung durch Gesang und Instrumentalmusik dargestellt wird 2. Bezeichnung für ein einzelnes Werk der Gattung ^([1]) 3. kurz für Opernhaus 4. Unternehmen, das Opern organisiert
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 Oper
- Opern plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Oper?
- /ˈoːpəʁ/
- [ˈʔoː.pɐ]
- [ˈoːpɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Oper
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Oper in German?
Oper appears 17 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).