bevorzugt

• Verb

  past participle of bevorzugen

• Adj

wurden

first/third-person plural preterite of werden

dabei

1. pronominal adverb of bei (replaces bei + demonstrative or personal pronoun, unless referring to people)
2. with one, on one
3. indeed, (but) actually (expressing a contradiction)
4. in the process of (followed by an infinitive clause)
5. thereby, thus

die

• Article

  1. nominative/accusative singular feminine of der
  2. nominative/accusative plural of der

• Pron

Söhne

nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Sohn

von

1. from
2. of, belonging to (often replacing genitive; see usage note below)
3. by (with passive voice)
4. about, of (a topic)
5. on, with (a resource)

Offizieren

dative plural of Offizier

und

• Conj

  1. and
  2. (colloquial) links two nouns, often a person and an activity, in rhetoric questions to express an opposition between them

• Intj