Anstrengung
German, noun[ˈanˌʃtʁɛŋʊŋ]
Anstrengung is spelled A-N-S-T-R-E-N-G-U-N-G (11 letters) and appears 4.3 times per million words in written German, the 13,799th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anstrengung is a German feminine noun meaning “effort” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein (großer) Kraftaufwand, Mühe, Fleiß, Ausdauer, um etwas zu erreichen oder zu überwinden”.
What does Anstrengung mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineeffort
- 2
femininestrenuousness, strain
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein (großer) Kraftaufwand, Mühe, Fleiß, Ausdauer, um etwas zu erreichen oder zu überwinden
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 Anstrengung
- Anstrengungen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Anstrengung?
- [ˈanˌʃtʁɛŋʊŋ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Anstrengung
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Anstrengung in German?
Anstrengung appears 4.3 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).