bemühen

A2 Verb frequency rank #3,471

What bemühen means

Verb

to make an effort
to trouble oneself
to employ, to cite, to trot out (of arguments, approaches, examples, now especially of ones considered trite or unconvincing)

Forms

bemühen · bemüht · bemühte · hat bemüht (+ Akkusativ; mit + Dativ)

Pronunciation

bemühen in a sentence

Ich kann nichts versprechen, aber ich werde mich bemühen.

I can't promise anything, but I'll make an effort.

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bemühen is A2 German — still elementary vocabulary, ranked #3,471 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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