"Opfer" meaning in German

See Opfer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈɔpfər/, [ˈʔɔpfɐ], [ˈʔɔpɸɐ] Audio: De-Opfer.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German opfer, from Old High German ophar, derived from the verb opfern. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|opfer}} Middle High German opfer, {{inh|de|goh|ophar}} Old High German ophar Head templates: {{de-noun|n|dim=^chen}} Opfer n (strong, genitive Opfers, plural Opfer, diminutive Öpferchen n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|n}} Forms: Opfers [genitive], Opfer [plural], Öpferchen [diminutive, neuter], strong [table-tags], Opfer [nominative, singular], Opfer [definite, nominative, plural], Opfers [genitive, singular], Opfer [definite, genitive, plural], Opfer [dative, singular], Opfern [dative, definite, plural], Opfer [accusative, singular], Opfer [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. sacrifice Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Opfer-de-noun-0XvZIuqd
  2. victim Tags: neuter, strong
    Sense id: en-Opfer-de-noun-G91bW5Li
  3. (offensive slang) wimp (someone weak or dependent; one who cannot stand up for themselves) Tags: neuter, offensive, slang, strong Synonyms: Schwächling, Verlierer, Lauch
    Sense id: en-Opfer-de-noun-OcA7ze8G Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 18 7 74 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 16 69 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 10 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Bauernopfer, Brandopfer, Gebopfer, Opfertier, Sühneopfer, Tieropfer, Todesopfer, Opfergang Related terms: opfern, Opferin

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Bauernopfer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Brandopfer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Gebopfer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Opfertier"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Sühneopfer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Tieropfer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Todesopfer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Opfergang"
    }
  ],
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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        "2": "goh",
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      },
      "expansion": "Old High German ophar",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German opfer, from Old High German ophar, derived from the verb opfern.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Opfers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfer",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Öpferchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfer",
      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "n",
        "dim": "^chen"
      },
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      "name": "de-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "n"
      },
      "name": "de-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "opfern"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "Opferin"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sacrifice"
      ],
      "id": "en-Opfer-de-noun-0XvZIuqd",
      "links": [
        [
          "sacrifice",
          "sacrifice"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "victim"
      ],
      "id": "en-Opfer-de-noun-G91bW5Li",
      "links": [
        [
          "victim",
          "victim"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "18 7 74",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "German entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "16 16 69",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "10 10 79",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I want you to be beneath me, you wimp.",
          "ref": "2012, Cem Gülay, Helmut Kuhn, Türken-Sam: Eine deutsche Gangsterkarriere, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, →ISBN, page 46:",
          "text": "Ich will, dass du unter mir stehst, du Opfer.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Or have you fainted yet again, you wimp?",
          "ref": "2014, Sibylle Berg, Und jetzt: die Welt!: oder Es sagt mir nichts, das sogenannte Draußen, Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Oder bist du schon wieder in Ohnmacht gefallen, du Opfer?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wimp (someone weak or dependent; one who cannot stand up for themselves)"
      ],
      "id": "en-Opfer-de-noun-OcA7ze8G",
      "links": [
        [
          "wimp",
          "wimp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(offensive slang) wimp (someone weak or dependent; one who cannot stand up for themselves)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Schwächling"
        },
        {
          "word": "Verlierer"
        },
        {
          "word": "Lauch"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "offensive",
        "slang",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔpfər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔɔpfɐ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔɔpɸɐ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Opfer.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/da/De-Opfer.ogg/De-Opfer.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/De-Opfer.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Opfer"
}
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    "German lemmas",
    "German neuter nouns",
    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Middle High German",
    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "Bauernopfer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Brandopfer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gebopfer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Opfertier"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sühneopfer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Tieropfer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Todesopfer"
    },
    {
      "word": "Opfergang"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "opfer"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "goh",
        "3": "ophar"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German ophar",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle High German opfer, from Old High German ophar, derived from the verb opfern.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Opfers",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfer",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Öpferchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "strong",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfern",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Opfer",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "n",
        "dim": "^chen"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "opfern"
    },
    {
      "word": "Opferin"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "sacrifice"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sacrifice",
          "sacrifice"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "victim"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "victim",
          "victim"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German offensive terms",
        "German slang",
        "German terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I want you to be beneath me, you wimp.",
          "ref": "2012, Cem Gülay, Helmut Kuhn, Türken-Sam: Eine deutsche Gangsterkarriere, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, →ISBN, page 46:",
          "text": "Ich will, dass du unter mir stehst, du Opfer.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Or have you fainted yet again, you wimp?",
          "ref": "2014, Sibylle Berg, Und jetzt: die Welt!: oder Es sagt mir nichts, das sogenannte Draußen, Rowohlt Verlag GmbH, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Oder bist du schon wieder in Ohnmacht gefallen, du Opfer?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "wimp (someone weak or dependent; one who cannot stand up for themselves)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "wimp",
          "wimp"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(offensive slang) wimp (someone weak or dependent; one who cannot stand up for themselves)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Schwächling"
        },
        {
          "word": "Verlierer"
        },
        {
          "word": "Lauch"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "offensive",
        "slang",
        "strong"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɔpfər/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔɔpfɐ]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʔɔpɸɐ]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-Opfer.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/da/De-Opfer.ogg/De-Opfer.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/De-Opfer.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Opfer"
}

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