Oper

Oper

See also: oper and opěr

German

Etymology

    Borrowed from Italian opera.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): [ˈoːpɐ]
    • 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

    Derived terms

    • opernartig
    • opernhaft

    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