zum Opfer fallen
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The verdict
“zum Opfer fallen” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 16
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zerstört werden; aufhören, zu existieren; aufgrund bestimmter Umstände, nicht mehr stattfinden
Corpus desk
Index DE-zum-opfer-fallen · zum Opfer fallen · German
zum Opfer fallen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 16 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Z" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | zum Opfer fallen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 16 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „zum Opfer fallen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
zum Opfer fallen is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for zum Opfer fallen in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is zum Opfer fallen, spelled Z-U-M- -O-P-F-E-R- -F-A-L-L-E-N.
Definition
- 1zerstört werden; aufhören, zu existieren; aufgrund bestimmter Umstände, nicht mehr stattfinden
- 2aufgrund bestimmter Umstände sterben
- 3getäuscht werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how zum Opfer fallen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch ein kostbares Bodenmosaik aus der Römerzeit fiel den Plünderern zum Opfer.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.