Oper

See also: oper and opěr

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian opera.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoːpəʁ/, [ˈʔoː.pɐ]

• Audio (Austria); “die Oper” /di‿ˈoːpɐ/:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Homophone: Opa (some speakers from Kiel)

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

• opernartig
• opernhaft
• herumopern

compound nouns

• Kammeroper
• Opernabend
• Opernarie
• Opernaufführung
• Opernbühne
• Operndirektor
• Opernhaus
• Opernintendant
• Opernkomponist
• Opernmusik
• Opernregisseur
• Opernsaal
• Opernsänger
• Opernsängerin
• Opernspiel
• Opernstar
• Seifenoper
• Staatsoper
• Zauberoper

Related terms

• Operette
• operieren
• Operation

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