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The article for

Differenz

die Differenz

Differenz is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Differenzen

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Why is it die Differenz?

Differenz ends in -enz, and nouns ending in -enz are feminine: in a German dictionary, 97% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -enz
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] Difference between two numbers or sizes

[1] Unterschied zweier Zahlen oder Größen

[2] Translated, mostly plural: disagreement

[2] übertragen, meist Plural: Meinungsverschiedenheit

[3] Quantity theory: Quantity of all elements of a crowd that does not belong to the amount of M

[3] Mengenlehre: Menge aller Elemente einer Menge N, die nicht zur Menge M gehören

Examples

[1] The difference is the result of a subtraction

[1] Die Differenz ist das Ergebnis einer Subtraktion.

[1] "Minuend - Subtrahend = difference"

[1] „Minuend – Subtrahend = Differenz“
More source examples (2)

These dictionary examples can include historical and less common uses.

[2] I'm afraid that you will not be able to enclose your differences

[2] Ich fürchte, sie werden ihre Differenzen nicht beilegen können.

[3]

[3]

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Differenz die Differenzen
Genitiv der Differenz der Differenzen
Dativ der Differenz den Differenzen
Akkusativ die Differenz die Differenzen

Pronunciation

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