German noun, masculine · CEFR A1
der Opa
Meaning in English: grandpa, grandad
Not one of the 5,000 most common words in written German, but part of the core vocabulary in our Family members in German list.
Example
Opa liest den Kindern eine Geschichte vor.
Grandpa reads the children a story.
Der, die or das?
Opa is masculine: der Opa. How to tell the gender from the ending.
How common is Opa?
In the news and web texts the list is counted from, Opa appears 4.7 times per million words — about once every 210,000 words. That is below the cut-off: the last of the top 5,000 appears about 16 times per million.
A1 means a beginner word, usually met in the first weeks of learning.
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- die Geschwistersiblings, brothers and sisters
- die Großelterngrandparents
- die Großmuttergrandmother
- der Großvatergrandfather
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- der Enkelgrandson; grandchild
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Translations, levels and examples were written with AI help and are awaiting review by a native speaker — how the list was made.