Polyglot Dictionary

Anstrengung

/ˈanˌʃtʁɛŋʊŋ/

die noun B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Anstrengungen

Meaning

  1. effort, exertion

    The noun form of sich anstrengen (to make an effort).

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Versuch

Versuch is an attempt, a specific try; Anstrengung is the effort/exertion put into it.

Similar in other languages

English

exertion

exertion is the English word for the same thing — both mean "effort, exertion."

Practice

1 What does Anstrengung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Trotz aller ___ schaffte er es nicht.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Anstrengung?

See also

noun

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