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offen

offen is the pronunciation spelling of often.

offen is the alternative form of off.

Meaning of often

Adverb

often (comparative more often or oftener, superlative most often or oftenest)

  1. Frequently; many times on different occasions.
    • I often walk to work when the weather is nice.

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Meaning of off

Adverb

off (not comparable)

  1. In a direction away from the speaker or other reference point.
    • He drove off in a cloud of smoke.
  2. Into a state of non-operation or non-existence.
    • Please switch off the light when you leave.
  3. So as to remove or separate, or be removed or separated.
    • He bit off the end of the carrot.
  4. Specifying the number of some item in bills, parts lists, etc.
    • 3 off 20 amp fuses
  5. Offstage.
    • noises off
  6. Used in various other ways specific to individual idiomatic phrases, e.g. bring off, show off, put off, tell off, etc. See the entry for the individual phrase.

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Forms of offen

comparativemore offen
superlativemost offen

Questions about offen

What is offen the pronunciation spelling of?
Offen is the pronunciation spelling of often.

Words near offen in the dictionary

  1. offcuttings
  2. offda
  3. offdiagonal
  4. offduty
  5. offed
  6. offen
  7. Offenbach
  8. Offenbachian
  9. Offenburg
  10. offence
  11. offence taken into consideration

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Adapted from Wiktionary: offen (page history and authors); often (page history and authors); off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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