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Ballbesitz

Ballbesitz is a masculine German noun. Its article is der.

Plural
no plural

Learn the noun together with its article. See the article rules.

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Why is it der Ballbesitz?

Ballbesitz is a compound noun, and German compounds take the article of their last word: der Besitz. So it’s der Ballbesitz.

Sense 1
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Meaning

[1] Having the ball at a ball sport, for example football

[1] das Besitzen des Balls bei einer Ballsportart, zum Beispiel Fußball

Examples

[1] Although the home team had more possession, the visiting team won

[1] Obwohl die Heimmannschaft mehr Ballbesitz hatte, gewann die Gastmannschaft.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ der Ballbesitz —
Genitiv des Ballbesitzes —
Dativ dem Ballbesitz —
Akkusativ den Ballbesitz —

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