bemühen - Translation in LEO’s English ⇔ German Dictionary

Verbs

to struggle  | struggled, struggled |	sich^acc. bemühen  | bemühte, bemüht |
to bother  | bothered, bothered |	sich^acc. bemühen  | bemühte, bemüht |
to bother  | bothered, bothered |	bemühen  | bemühte, bemüht |
to endeavor^AE / endeavour^BE  | endeavored, endeavored / endeavoured, endeavoured |	sich^acc. bemühen  | bemühte, bemüht |
to make an effort  | made, made |	sich^acc. bemühen  | bemühte, bemüht |
to try  | tried, tried |	sich^acc. bemühen  | bemühte, bemüht |
to seek  | sought, sought |	sich^acc. bemühen  | bemühte, bemüht |
to exert oneself (for sth.)	sich^acc. (um etw.^acc. (or: wegen etw.^gen.)) bemühen  | bemühte, bemüht |
to try for sth.  | tried, tried |	sich^acc. um etw.^acc. bemühen  | bemühte, bemüht |
to strive toward^AE sth.; to strive towards^BE sth.  | strove/strived, strove/strivedstriven/strived |	sich^acc. um etw.^acc. bemühen  | bemühte, bemüht |
to go after sth.  | went, gone |	sich^acc. um etw.^acc. bemühen  | bemühte, bemüht |
to endeavor^AE to persuade so.; to endeavour^BE to persuade so.	sich^acc. bemühen, jmdn. zu überreden
to go to great lengths  | went, gone |	sich^acc. sehr bemühen  | bemühte, bemüht |
to lose one's labor^AE; to lose one's labour^BE	sich^acc. vergeblich bemühen  | bemühte, bemüht |

Nouns

effort	das Bemühen  no plural
endeavor^AE / endeavour^BE	das Bemühen  no plural
anxiety	das Bemühen  no plural
study   archaic   - effort	das Bemühen  no plural
constant efforts  pl.	stetes Bemühen
wild-goose chase [fig.]	vergebliches Bemühen

Examples

Efforts are being made.	Man bemüht sich^acc..
our attempts were without success	unser Bemühen war erfolglos
our efforts were unsuccessful	unser Bemühen war erfolglos
our efforts were without success	unser Bemühen war erfolglos
our endeavors^AE were without success; our endeavours^BE were without success	unser Bemühen war erfolglos
our efforts were a success	unser Bemühen war erfolgreich

Orthographically similar words

abmühen, Bemühe