Opfer

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German opfer, from Old High German ophar. Analyzable as a deverbal from opfern. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔpfər/, [ˈʔɔpfɐ], [ˈʔɔpɸɐ] === Noun === Opfer n (strong, genitive Opfers, plural Opfer, diminutive Öpferchen n) sacrifice Hyponyms: Brandopfer, Tieropfer victim Hyponyms: Bauernopfer, Todesopfer (slang, derogatory) loser, wimp (someone weak or dependent; one who cannot stand up for themselves) [from 2000s] Synonyms: Schwächling, Verlierer, Lauch ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== opfern Opferin === Further reading === “Opfer” in Duden online “Opfer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Opfer” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “du Opfer”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008– == Hunsrik == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈopfɐ/ === Noun === Opfer n (plural Opfer) sacrifice === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Opfer”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch