Opferlamm
German, noun/ˈɔpfərˌlam/
Opferlamm is spelled O-P-F-E-R-L-A-M-M (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opferlamm is a German neuter noun meaning “sacrificial lamb” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Lamm, das als Opfer dargebracht wird”.
What does Opferlamm mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersacrificial lamb
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Lamm, das als Opfer dargebracht wird 2. Jesus Christus, wie er sich für die Menschheit opferte 3. unschuldiges, schuldlos leidendes Opfer einer Handlung
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 Opferlamm
- Opferlammes genitive
- Opferlamms genitive
- Opferlämmer plural
- Opferlämmchen diminutive neuter
- Opferlämmlein diminutive neuter
- Opferlamme dative singular
- Opferlämmern dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Opferlamm?
- /ˈɔpfərˌlam/
- [ˈɔp͡fɐˌlam]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Opferlamm in German?
Opferlamm appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).