An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language/Annotated/streben

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An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S
by Friedrich Kluge, translated by John Francis Davis

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This annotated version expands the abbreviations in the original entry streben.

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2567793An Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, S — strebenJohn Francis DavisFriedrich Kluge

streben, verb, ‘to strive, struggle, endeavour,’ from Middle High German strëben, weak verb, ‘to move violently, exert oneself, contend.’ The Old High German strong verb corresponding to the non-recorded weak verb *strëbên would be *strîban (*strîfan?), as is assumed by the Romance loan-words. Compare Old French estriver, ‘to fight, wrestle,’ estrif, ‘contest,’ whence English to strive, strife, are borrowed.