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Bestrebung

die Bestrebung

Bestrebung is a feminine German noun. Its article is die.

Plural
die Bestrebungen

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Why is it die Bestrebung?

Bestrebung ends in -ung, and nouns ending in -ung are feminine: in a German dictionary, 99% of them take die.

All nouns ending in -ung
Sense 1
die

Meaning

[1] mostly plural: serious effort to achieve a certain goal

[1] meist Plural: ernsthafte Bemühung, ein bestimmtes Ziel zu erreichen

Examples

[1] His efforts were higher, which should strengthen and secure his position of power

[1] Seine Bestrebungen galten höheren Zielen, die seine Machtposition stärken und sichern sollten.

[1] "Wilhelm Ostwald had atheistic and anti -articular efforts to close"

[1] „Wilhelm Ostwald hatte atheistischen und antiklerikalen Bestrebungen stets nahegestanden.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ die Bestrebung die Bestrebungen
Genitiv der Bestrebung der Bestrebungen
Dativ der Bestrebung den Bestrebungen
Akkusativ die Bestrebung die Bestrebungen

Pronunciation

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