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operation
Short for 'Operation' (operation/surgery); a medical procedure on a patient's body that usually takes place under anesthesia.
Die Op ist gut verlaufen und der Patient erholt sich.
The operation went well, and the patient is recovering.
'Op' is a short form of the word 'Operation' (operation/surgery). The gender of the word, 'die', is taken from the longer word 'die Operation'.
Der Arzt hat mir zu einer Op geraten.
The doctor advised me to have an operation.
The word 'Op' is mainly used in colloquial speech. In formal or written contexts, such as in a doctor's letter, the full form 'Operation' is usually used.
Wann hast du deine Op?
When is your operation?
Common verbs in connection with 'Op' are 'eine Op haben' (to have an operation), 'sich einer Op unterziehen' (to undergo an operation), or 'eine Op gut überstehen' (to come through an operation well). The prepositions 'vor' (before) and 'nach' (after) are also very common.
Vor der Op war ich sehr nervös.
Before the operation, I was very nervous.
intervention / procedure
Op and Eingriff can both refer to a medical treatment involving the body. Op explicitly means an operation, whereas Eingriff is also used more generally for a medical procedure without specifying the exact surgical method. Use Op when an operation is actually performed, and Eingriff as the broader term for the treatment.
Nach der Untersuchung wurde für nächste Woche eine Op geplant.
After the examination, an operation was scheduled for the following week.
Der kleine Eingriff an ihrem Handgelenk dauerte nur zwanzig Minuten.
The minor procedure on her wrist took only twenty minutes.
