bestreben
German (Berlin)
verb-weak
Definitions
- (reflexive) to endeavor, to be eager
Etymology
Prefix from German streben (strive).
Origin
German (Berlin)
streben
Gloss
strive
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- anstreben German
- auseinanderstreben German
- emporstreben German
- entgegenstreben German
- erstreben German
- streben German
- widerstreben German
- zusammenstreben German
- zustreben German
- *stribāną Proto-Germanic
- strebi Esperanto
- streben Middle High German
- streven Middle Low German