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Defensive

die Defensive

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Meaning

[1] Defense willing, defense

[1] Abwehrbereitschaft, Verteidigung

[2] Team sport: Part of a team that is mainly supposed to stop opposing attacks

[2] Mannschaftssport: Teil einer Mannschaft, der vorwiegend gegnerische Angriffe aufhalten soll

Examples

[1] In the second half of World War II, the German defensive had a lot

[1] In der zweiten Hälfte des Zweiten Weltkriegs hatte die deutsche Defensive mächtig zutun.

[1] "However, how you can secure your own existence from the defensive, in the peaceful roar of a retreat, that remains the secret of our neighboring German neighboring" "

[1] „Wie man allerdings die eigene Existenz aus der Defensive, im friedfertigen Getöse eines Rückzugsgefechts sichern kann, das bleibt das Geheimnis unserer deutschen Nachbarn.“

[2] The defensive was bad in the second half and almost every ball came through

[2] Die Defensive stand in der zweiten Halbzeit schlecht und fast jeder Ball kam durch.

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Defensive die Defensiven
Genitiv der Defensive der Defensiven
Dativ der Defensive den Defensiven
Akkusativ die Defensive die Defensiven

Pronunciation

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