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The article for

Streben

das Streben

Streben is a neuter German noun. Its article is das.

Plural
no plural

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Why is it das Streben?

Streben is the verb streben used as a noun, and verbs used as nouns are always neuter: das Streben.

More verbs used as nouns
Sense 1
das

Meaning

[1] Intensive effort to do something

[1] intensive Bemühung um etwas

Examples

[1] "But even such military victories of the colonial powers cannot suppress the African pursuit of democracy and independence"

[1] „Doch auch solche militärischen Siege der Kolonialmächte können das afrikanische Streben nach Demokratie und Unabhängigkeit nicht unterdrücken.“

Declension

1 Singular Plural
Nominativ das Streben —
Genitiv des Strebens —
Dativ dem Streben —
Akkusativ das Streben —

Pronunciation

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