German-English translations for anstrengen

• bend
  If you bend the pipe too far, it will break.
  Don’t bend your knees.
  Look at the trees bending in the wind.
• endeavor
• exert
  I exerted myself in todays training
  He considered exerting his influence on John to gain an advantage for himself
• make an effort
  On this issue, too, we need to make an effort. Auch bei dieser Frage müssen wir uns anstrengen.
  we will need to make an effort to understand each other the best we can. werden wir uns anstrengen müssen, einander so gut wie möglich zu verstehen.
  It is only when we make an effort to gain new skills or knowledge that we appreciate them. Nur wenn wir uns anstrengen, um neue Fähigkeiten oder Erkenntnisse zu erwerben, werden wir sie schätzen.
• strain
  There is a strain of madness in her family.
  They say this years flu virus is a particularly virulent strain.
  to strain a rope; to strain the shrouds of a ship
• strain oneself

Related words

• überanstrengen
• anstrengend
• anstrengende) Arbeit scheuen
• sich anstrengen
• sich überanstrengen