bemühen
In English: to make an effort (reflexive: sich bemühen)
B1VERB
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Verb forms
- Präteritum
- bemühte
- Partizip II
- bemüht
- Perfekt auxiliary
- haben
With a preposition
- sich bemühen um + Akkusativ
Quick quiz
___ Benehmen?
Example sentences
Ich habe meine Phantasie bemüht.
I used my imagination.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FREr hat sich sehr um das Projekt bemüht.
He applied himself a lot on the project.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FRSie bemühte sich aufzustehen.
She struggled to get up.
Tatoeba · kroko · CC BY 2.0 FREr bemühte sich mehr als ich um gute Noten.
He tried harder to get good marks than I did.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FRDu musst dich etwas mehr bemühen.
You need to try a little harder.
Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FRDon't forget this word
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