stræbe
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Earlier also stræve, 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 edit
Verb edit
stræbe (imperative stræb, infinitive at stræbe, present tense stræber, past tense stræbte, perfect tense har stræbt)