See also: oper and opěr

German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian opera.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈoːpɐ]
  • (Austria)
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    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)

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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