"stræbe" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [Danish]

IPA: /strɛːbə/, [ˈsd̥ʁæːb̥ə]
Etymology: Earlier also stræve. From German streben (“to strive”). The English verb strive is borrowed from Old French estriver (“to compete”). Compare also Norwegian Bokmål streve and Swedish sträva. Etymology templates: {{dercat|da|gmh|goh|gmw-pro|gem-pro}}, {{bor|da|de|streben|t=to strive}} German streben (“to strive”), {{cog|fro|estriver||to compete}} Old French estriver (“to compete”), {{cog|nb|streve}} Norwegian Bokmål streve, {{cog|sv|sträva}} Swedish sträva Head templates: {{head|da|verbs|imperative|stræb|infinitive|at stræbe|present tense|stræber|past tense|stræbte|perfect tense|stræbt|f1request=1|f3request=1|f4request=1|f5request=1|head=}} stræbe (imperative stræb, infinitive at stræbe, present tense stræber, past tense stræbte, perfect tense stræbt), {{da-verb|stræb|stræbe|stræber|stræbte||stræbt}} stræbe (imperative stræb, infinitive at stræbe, present tense stræber, past tense stræbte, perfect tense stræbt) Forms: stræb [imperative], at stræbe [infinitive], stræber [present], stræbte [past], stræbt [perfect], no-table-tags [table-tags], stræbe [active, infinitive], stræbes [infinitive, passive], stræber [active, present], stræbes [passive, present], stræbte [active, past], stræbtes [passive, past], stræb [active, imperative], - [imperative, passive], no-table-tags [table-tags], stræbende [participle, present], (have /havde) stræbt [participle, past], stræben [gerund, participle]
  1. to aim, aspire, strive Synonyms: hige, tragte
    Sense id: en-stræbe-da-verb-ZVqPfBZj Categories (other): Danish entries with incorrect language header, Danish links with redundant alt parameters, Danish links with redundant wikilinks, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Derived forms: bagstræber, efterstræbe, fremadstræbende, himmelstræbende, modstræbende, opadstræbende, stræb, stræben, stræber, stræberi, stræbsom, tilstræbe

Inflected forms

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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "goh",
        "4": "gmw-pro",
        "5": "gem-pro"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "de",
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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        "3": "",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "streve"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål streve",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "sträva"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish sträva",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Earlier also stræve. From German streben (“to strive”).\nThe English verb strive is borrowed from Old French estriver (“to compete”). Compare also Norwegian Bokmål streve and Swedish sträva.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stræb",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "at stræbe",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræber",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræbte",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræbt",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræbes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræber",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræbes",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræbte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræbtes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræb",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræbende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(have /havde) stræbt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "10": "stræbte",
        "11": "perfect tense",
        "12": "stræbt",
        "2": "verbs",
        "3": "imperative",
        "4": "stræb",
        "5": "infinitive",
        "6": "at stræbe",
        "7": "present tense",
        "8": "stræber",
        "9": "past tense",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5request": "1",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "stræbe (imperative stræb, infinitive at stræbe, present tense stræber, past tense stræbte, perfect tense stræbt)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stræb",
        "2": "stræbe",
        "3": "stræber",
        "4": "stræbte",
        "5": "",
        "6": "stræbt"
      },
      "expansion": "stræbe (imperative stræb, infinitive at stræbe, present tense stræber, past tense stræbte, perfect tense stræbt)",
      "name": "da-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Danish",
  "lang_code": "da",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Danish links with redundant wikilinks",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "bagstræber"
        },
        {
          "word": "efterstræbe"
        },
        {
          "word": "fremadstræbende"
        },
        {
          "word": "himmelstræbende"
        },
        {
          "word": "modstræbende"
        },
        {
          "word": "opadstræbende"
        },
        {
          "word": "stræb"
        },
        {
          "word": "stræben"
        },
        {
          "word": "stræber"
        },
        {
          "word": "stræberi"
        },
        {
          "word": "stræbsom"
        },
        {
          "word": "tilstræbe"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to aim, aspire, strive"
      ],
      "id": "en-stræbe-da-verb-ZVqPfBZj",
      "links": [
        [
          "aim",
          "aim"
        ],
        [
          "aspire",
          "aspire"
        ],
        [
          "strive",
          "strive"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hige"
        },
        {
          "word": "tragte"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/strɛːbə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsd̥ʁæːb̥ə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stræbe"
}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bagstræber"
    },
    {
      "word": "efterstræbe"
    },
    {
      "word": "fremadstræbende"
    },
    {
      "word": "himmelstræbende"
    },
    {
      "word": "modstræbende"
    },
    {
      "word": "opadstræbende"
    },
    {
      "word": "stræb"
    },
    {
      "word": "stræben"
    },
    {
      "word": "stræber"
    },
    {
      "word": "stræberi"
    },
    {
      "word": "stræbsom"
    },
    {
      "word": "tilstræbe"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "gmh",
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      "name": "dercat"
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      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
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        "4": "to compete"
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      "args": {
        "1": "nb",
        "2": "streve"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Bokmål streve",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "sträva"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish sträva",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Earlier also stræve. From German streben (“to strive”).\nThe English verb strive is borrowed from Old French estriver (“to compete”). Compare also Norwegian Bokmål streve and Swedish sträva.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "stræb",
      "tags": [
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "at stræbe",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræber",
      "tags": [
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræbte",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræbt",
      "tags": [
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræbe",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræbes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræber",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræbes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræbte",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræbtes",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræb",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "active",
        "imperative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inflection-box-top",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræbende",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "(have /havde) stræbt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "stræben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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        "3": "imperative",
        "4": "stræb",
        "5": "infinitive",
        "6": "at stræbe",
        "7": "present tense",
        "8": "stræber",
        "9": "past tense",
        "f1request": "1",
        "f3request": "1",
        "f4request": "1",
        "f5request": "1",
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    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "stræb",
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      },
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      "name": "da-verb"
    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "Danish lemmas",
        "Danish links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Danish links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Danish terms borrowed from German",
        "Danish terms derived from German",
        "Danish terms derived from Middle High German",
        "Danish terms derived from Old High German",
        "Danish terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "Danish terms derived from Proto-West Germanic",
        "Danish verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
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        [
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        [
          "strive",
          "strive"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "hige"
        },
        {
          "word": "tragte"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/strɛːbə/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈsd̥ʁæːb̥ə]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "stræbe"
}

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