"Opa" meaning in German

See Opa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈoːpʰa/ [standard], /ˈɔpʰa/ [German, Western], /ˈoːpʰɐ/ (note: some speakers from Kiel) Audio: De-Opa.ogg , De-Opa2.ogg
Etymology: Cognate with Dutch opa. Etymology templates: {{cog|nl|opa}} Dutch opa Head templates: {{de-noun|m,,s|dim=chen}} Opa m (strong, genitive Opas, plural Opas, diminutive Opachen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m,,s}} Forms: Opas [genitive], Opas [plural], Opachen [diminutive, neuter], strong [table-tags], Opa [nominative, singular], Opas [definite, nominative, plural], Opas [genitive, singular], Opas [definite, genitive, plural], Opa [dative, singular], Opas [dative, definite, plural], Opa [accusative, singular], Opas [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. grandpa Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Opa-de-noun-HrTWoADv
  2. any elderly man Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Opa-de-noun-ATDl0duA Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Male family members Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 17 83 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 95 Disambiguation of Male family members: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: Altvater, Großpapa, Großvater Derived forms: Opi (english: affectionate), Uropa, Opa Langbein Related terms: Opapa

Inflected forms

{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "alt": "Altmutter, Großmama, Großmutter, Omi",
      "word": "Oma"
    },
    {
      "word": "Enkel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Enkelsohn"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "affectionate",
      "word": "Opi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Uropa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Opa Langbein"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "csb",
            "2": "ópa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kashubian: ópa",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dated"
          },
          "expansion": "(dated)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kashubian: ópa (dated)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "opa"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch opa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Dutch opa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Opas",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opachen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,s",
        "dim": "chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Opa m (strong, genitive Opas, plural Opas, diminutive Opachen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Opapa"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "grandpa"
      ],
      "id": "en-Opa-de-noun-HrTWoADv",
      "links": [
        [
          "grandpa",
          "grandpa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "8 92",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 95",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 93",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Male family members",
          "orig": "de:Male family members",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "any elderly man"
      ],
      "id": "en-Opa-de-noun-ATDl0duA",
      "links": [
        [
          "elderly",
          "elderly"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoːpʰa/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔpʰa/",
      "tags": [
        "German",
        "Western"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoːpʰɐ/",
      "note": "some speakers from Kiel"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Opa.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/De-Opa.ogg/De-Opa.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/De-Opa.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Opa2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/De-Opa2.ogg/De-Opa2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/De-Opa2.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Oper stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Altvater"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Großpapa"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "Großvater"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Opa"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "alt": "Altmutter, Großmama, Großmutter, Omi",
      "word": "Oma"
    },
    {
      "word": "Enkel"
    },
    {
      "word": "Enkelsohn"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German lemmas",
    "German masculine nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "de:Male family members"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "affectionate",
      "word": "Opi"
    },
    {
      "word": "Uropa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Opa Langbein"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "csb",
            "2": "ópa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Kashubian: ópa",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dated"
          },
          "expansion": "(dated)",
          "name": "qualifier"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kashubian: ópa (dated)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "opa"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch opa",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Cognate with Dutch opa.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Opas",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opachen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opa",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,s",
        "dim": "chen"
      },
      "expansion": "Opa m (strong, genitive Opas, plural Opas, diminutive Opachen n)",
      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "m,,s"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "Opapa"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "grandpa"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grandpa",
          "grandpa"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "any elderly man"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "elderly",
          "elderly"
        ],
        [
          "man",
          "man"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoːpʰa/",
      "tags": [
        "standard"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔpʰa/",
      "tags": [
        "German",
        "Western"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈoːpʰɐ/",
      "note": "some speakers from Kiel"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Opa.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/74/De-Opa.ogg/De-Opa.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/De-Opa.ogg"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Opa2.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f2/De-Opa2.ogg/De-Opa2.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/De-Opa2.ogg"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Oper stripped-by-parse_pron_post_template_fn"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Altvater"
    },
    {
      "word": "Großpapa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Großvater"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Opa"
}

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