Oper

See also: oper and opěr

German

Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian opera.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈoːpəʁ/, [ˈʔoː.pɐ]
    • Audio (Austria); “die Oper” /di‿ˈoːpɐ/:(file)
    • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
    • Homophone: Opa (some speakers from Kiel)[1]

    Noun

    Oper f (genitive Oper, plural Opern)

    1. opera (theatrical work, combining drama, music, song and sometimes dance)
    2. opera house, opera (theatre, or similar building, primarily used for staging opera)

    Declension

    Declension of Oper [feminine]
    singular plural
    indef. def. noun def. noun
    nominative eine die Oper die Opern
    genitive einer der Oper der Opern
    dative einer der Oper den Opern
    accusative eine die Oper die Opern

    Derived terms

    compound nouns

    References

    1. ^ Mooshammer, Christine; Rathcke, Tamara V (2016), “Opa vs Oper: Neutralization of /ɐ/ and unstressed /a/ contrast in a perception and production study”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], archived from the original on 19 July 2017

    Further reading

    • “Oper”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)
    • “Oper” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • “Oper” in Duden online
    • Oper on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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