stræbe

Danish

Etymology

Earlier also streve, cf. Norwegian Bokmål streve and Swedish sträva. Borrowed from Middle Low German streven and German streben (to strive), from Proto-Germanic *stribāną. The English verb strive is borrowed from Old French estriver (to compete).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈsd̥ʁɛːb̥ə]

Verb

stræbe (imperative stræb, infinitive at stræbe, present tense stræber, past tense stræbte, perfect tense har stræbt)

  1. to aim, aspire, strive

Inflection

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