Oper

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See also: oper and opěr

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian opera.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈoːpɐ]
  • (Austria)
    (file)
    IPA(key): /di‿ˈoːpɐ/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: Opa (some speakers from Kiel)[1]

Noun[edit]

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[edit]

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

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References[edit]

  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[edit]

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