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Danish
Etymology
Earlier also stræve, cf. Norwegian Bokmål streve and Swedish sträva. Borrowed from Middle Low German streven and German streben (“to strive”), from Proto-Germanic *stribāną. The English verb strive is borrowed from Old French estriver (“to compete”).
Pronunciation
Verb
stræbe (imperative stræb, infinitive at stræbe, present tense stræber, past tense stræbte, perfect tense har stræbt)
- to aim, aspire, strive
Conjugation