Opiumkrieg
German, noun/ˈoːpi̯ʊmˌkʁiːk/
Opiumkrieg is spelled O-P-I-U-M-K-R-I-E-G (10 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 352,658th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opiumkrieg is a German masculine noun meaning “Opium War (referring to either the First or Second Opium War)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zwischen Großbritannien und China im 19. Jahrhundert geführter Krieg zur Öffnung der chinesischen Märkte und…”.
What does Opiumkrieg mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineOpium War (referring to either the First or Second Opium War)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zwischen Großbritannien und China im 19. Jahrhundert geführter Krieg zur Öffnung der chinesischen Märkte und zur Duldung des Opiumhandels
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 Opiumkrieg
- Opiumkrieges genitive
- Opiumkriegs genitive
- Opiumkriege plural
- Opiumkriegen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Opiumkrieg?
- /ˈoːpi̯ʊmˌkʁiːk/
- [ˈoːpi̯ʊmˌkʁiːk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Opiumkrieg in German?
Opiumkrieg appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).