Opfer
German, noun
Opfer is spelled O-P-F-E-R (5 letters) and appears 102 times per million words in written German, the 837th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opfer is a German neuter noun meaning “sacrifice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, opfer is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist rituelle Gabe an einen Gott”.
What does Opfer mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersacrifice
- 2
neutervictim
- 3
derogatoryneuterslangloser, wimp (someone weak or dependent; one who cannot stand up for themselves)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meist rituelle Gabe an einen Gott 2. etwas, das man abgibt oder spendet, so dass man selbst darauf verzichten muss 3. jemand, der durch etwas Schaden erlitten hat 4. die freiwillige Hergabe eines Bauern oder einer Figur in der Erwartung, dadurch einen andersartigen (eventuell größeren) Vorteil zu erreichen (Kompensation erlangen)
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 Opfer
- Opfers genitive
- Öpferchen diminutive neuter
- Opfern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Opfer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Opfer in German?
Opfer appears 102 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).