Opossum
German, noun/oˈpɔsʊm/
Opossum is spelled O-P-O-S-S-U-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Opossum is a German neuter noun meaning “an opossum of the genus Didelphis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Zoologie Bezeichnung von sechs Arten (Didelphis) der Gattung der Beutelratten (Didelphidae), die der Ordnung…”.
What does Opossum mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuteran opossum of the genus Didelphis
- 2
neuterVirginia opossum, the North American opossum
- 3
neutersynonym of Beutelratte (“any opossum”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zoologie Bezeichnung von sechs Arten (Didelphis) der Gattung der Beutelratten (Didelphidae), die der Ordnung der Beutelrattenartige (Didelphimorpha) angehören 2. allgemein 3. Säugetier, das einer dieser sechs Arten^([1]) angehört 4. Anglizismus, fälschlicherweise Säugetier, welches der Gattung der Beutelratten angehört
noun: 1. Pelz des Opossums^([I])
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 Opossum
- Opossums genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Opossum?
- /oˈpɔsʊm/
- [oˈpɔsʊm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Opossum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Opossum in German?
Opossum appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).