anstrengen

B1 Verb frequency rank #8,843

What anstrengen means

Verb

to make an effort, to work hard at something, to labour
to put something to work, to use something, to work something
to exert, to strain, to exhaust
to file

Forms

anstrengen · strengt an · strengte an · hat angestrengt (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

anstrengen in a sentence

Sie haben sich sehr angestrengt und es rechtzeitig geschafft.

They've really worked hard and made it in time.

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anstrengen is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #8,843 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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