Polyglot Dictionary

Operation

/opeʁaˈtsi̯oːn/

die noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain Medical Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Operationen

Meaning

  1. operation, surgery

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

chirurgie

Chirurgie is more the field or specialty of surgery; Operation is a specific surgical procedure.

Similar in other languages

English

surgery

surgery is the English word for the same thing — both mean "operation, surgery."

Practice

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