Polyglot Dictionary

Bestreben

/bəˈʃtʁeːbn̩/

das 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

Meaning

  1. endeavour, effort

    • Es ist unser Bestreben, alle zufriedenzustellen.

      It is our endeavour to satisfy everyone.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Bemühung

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

English

enterprise

Close — an endeavour relates to an enterprise.

English

effort

Close — an endeavour relates to effort.

Practice

1 What does Bestreben mean?

2 Fill the gap: Es ist unser ___, alle zufriedenzustellen.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Bestreben?

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