Minuend
... is the same in English and German.
minuend means: in a subtraction problem the minuend is the number from which something is taken away. in 12-3 the number 12 is the minuend. The number three is called the subtrahend (what is being taken away). The result is called the difference.
12 - 3 = 9
minuend: 12
subtrahend: 3
difference: 9