Why is it das Pressing?
Pressing ends in -ing, and most nouns ending in -ing are neuter: in a German dictionary, 84% of them take das.
All nouns ending in -ing das
Meaning
[1] Sport: Tactics, in which the opposing team is permanently put under pressure, for example by immediately attacking the ball -bearing player so that the opponent has no opportunity to present an attack
[1] Sport: Taktik, bei der die gegnerische Mannschaft permanent durch unter Druck gesetzt wird, indem zum Beispiel der ballführende Spieler sofort angegriffen wird, sodass der Gegner keine Gelegenheit hat, einen Angriff vorzutragenExamples
[1] "With early pressing, the hosts put pressure on the Düsseldorf team and rarely let them come from their half in the initial phase"
[1] „Mit frühem Pressing setzten die Gastgeber die Düsseldorfer unter Druck und ließen sie in der Anfangsphase nur selten aus deren Hälfte kommen.“
Declension
| 1 | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativ | das Pressing | — |
| Genitiv | des Pressings | — |
| Dativ | dem Pressing | — |
| Akkusativ | das Pressing | — |
Pronunciation
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