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Offense

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

Plural
die Offenses

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Why is it die Offense?

Offense ends in -e, and most nouns ending in -e are feminine: in a German dictionary, 79% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -e
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Meaning

[1] Basketball, football: entirety of the attacking players

[1] Basketball, Football: Gesamtheit der angreifenden Spieler

Examples

[1] "Even if the offense has increased significantly, the defense remains the backbone of the team - and despite the serious failure"

[1] „Auch wenn sich die Offense deutlich gesteigert hat, bleibt die Defense das Rückgrat des Teams – und das trotz schwerwiegender Ausfälle.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Offense die Offenses
Genitiv der Offense der Offenses
Dativ der Offense den Offenses
Akkusativ die Offense die Offenses

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