anstrengend
German, adjective/ˈanˌʃtʁɛŋənt/
anstrengend is spelled A-N-S-T-R-E-N-G-E-N-D (11 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,059th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anstrengend is a German adjective meaning “strenuous (requiring great exertion)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of anstrengen. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anstrengung erfordernd, mühsam”.
What does anstrengend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
strenuous (requiring great exertion)
- 2
exhausting
verb
- 1
present participle of anstrengen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Anstrengung erfordernd, mühsam
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anstrengend
- anstrengender masculine nominative singular
- am anstrengendsten superlative
- anstrengende feminine nominative singular
- anstrengendes neuter nominative singular
- anstrengenden genitive masculine singular
- anstrengendem dative masculine singular
- der anstrengende definite includes-article masculine
- die anstrengende definite feminine includes-article
- das anstrengende definite includes-article neuter
- die anstrengenden definite includes-article nominative
- des anstrengenden definite genitive includes-article
- der anstrengenden definite feminine genitive
- dem anstrengenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anstrengend?
- /ˈanˌʃtʁɛŋənt/
- [ˈanˌʃtʁɛŋənt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anstrengend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anstrengend in German?
anstrengend appears 12 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).