anstrengen
to strain/exert
- Past (Präteritum)
- strengte an
- Past participle
- angestrengt (haben)
Regular weak separable verb. It signifies the exertion of effort, either physical or mental, to accomplish a task. It is very frequently used in the reflexive form 'sich anstrengen' to describe putting forth one's best effort. When used transitively, it often refers to straining specific body parts like eyes or muscles.
Conjugation
Present
- anstrenge
- dependent, first-person, form-of, present, singular
- strengt an
- present, singular, third-person
- strenge an
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- strengen an
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- strengst an
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
- anstrengen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present, subordinate-clause
- anstrengst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
- anstrengt
- indicative, plural, present, second-person, subordinate-clause
- streng an
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
Past
- strengte an
- past
- strengten an
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- strengtest an
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- strengtet an
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
- anstrengte
- first-person, indicative, preterite, singular, subordinate-clause
- anstrengten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite, subordinate-clause
- anstrengtest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
- anstrengtet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person, subordinate-clause
Subjunctive
- anstrenge
- dependent, first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-i, third-person
- strenge an
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- strengen an
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- strengest an
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- strenget an
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- strengte an
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- strengten an
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- strengtest an
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- strengtet an
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- anstrengen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- anstrengest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- anstrenget
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- anstrengte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- anstrengten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- anstrengtest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- anstrengtet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- habe angestrengt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben angestrengt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest angestrengt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet angestrengt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte angestrengt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten angestrengt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest angestrengt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet angestrengt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde anstrengen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden anstrengen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest anstrengen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet anstrengen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde anstrengen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden anstrengen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- streng an
- imperative, second-person, singular
- strenge an
- imperative, second-person, singular
- strengt an
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- anstrengend
- form-of, participle, present
- angestrengt
- participle, past
Infinitive
- anstrengen
- infinitive
- anzustrengen
- infinitive, infinitive-zu
Other
- habe angestrengt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben angestrengt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast angestrengt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt angestrengt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat angestrengt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte angestrengt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten angestrengt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest angestrengt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet angestrengt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- anstrengen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde anstrengen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden anstrengen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst anstrengen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet anstrengen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird anstrengen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- angestrengt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde angestrengt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden angestrengt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst angestrengt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet angestrengt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird angestrengt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- Anstrengen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong