Bemühung

/bəˈmyːʊŋ/

die noun C1

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Academic Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: academic. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

plural
die Bemühungen

Meaning

  1. effort

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Bestreben

Close synonyms for "effort"; Bemühung is the effort actually put into a task, Bestreben is more the underlying striving or ambition behind it.

Similar in other languages

French

effort

effort is the French word for the same thing — both mean "effort."

Portuguese

esforço

esforço is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "effort."

Practice

1 What does Bemühung mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ihre ___ waren erfolgreich.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Bemühung?

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