This is the 6829th most frequent Swedish word.
offren
"Offren" means "the victims" in English.
Here, "offren" is used in plural form to refer to the victims or those affected by something, in this case, a natural disaster.
Offren för naturkatastrofen var många.
The victims of the natural disaster were many.
In this sentence, "offren" again refers to victims, emphasizing the action to honor them.
Vi måste hedra offren genom att hjälpa dem som överlevde.
We must honor the victims by helping those who survived.
"Offren" is metaphorically used to describe entities (like a company) negatively impacted by circumstances (the economic crisis).