verstreben
German, verb[fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁeːbn̩]
verstreben is spelled V-E-R-S-T-R-E-B-E-N (10 letters). Verstreben is a German verb meaning “to strut (support or enforce with struts)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas, hilfreich mit Streben stabilisieren und dadurch zusätzlichen Halt gebend”.
What does verstreben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to strut (support or enforce with struts)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas, hilfreich mit Streben stabilisieren und dadurch zusätzlichen Halt gebend
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 verstreben
- verstrebt present singular third-person
- verstrebte past
- haben auxiliary
- verstrebend participle present
- verstrebe first-person indicative present
- verstrebst indicative present second-person
- verstrebest second-person singular subjunctive
- verstrebet plural second-person subjunctive
- verstrebten first-person indicative plural
- verstrebtest indicative preterite second-person
- verstrebtet indicative plural preterite
- verstreb imperative second-person singular
- habe verstrebt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben verstrebt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- verstreb! imperative singular
- verstrebe! imperative singular
- verstrebt! imperative plural
- verstrebt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce verstreben?
- [fɛɐ̯ˈʃtʁeːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.