 | English  | German |  |
 | easy {adj} [requiring no great effort] | 369 mühelos |  |
 | sustained {adj} [effort etc.] | 291 ausdauernd |  |
 | sloppy {adj} [lacking care or effort] | 180 schludrig [ugs.] |  |
 | puny {adj} [effort, resources] | 113 kläglich |  |
 | sloppy {adj} [lacking care or effort] | 106 schluderig [ugs.] |  |
 | Herculean {adj} [effort] | 72 übermenschlich |  |
 | pitiful {adj} [effort etc.] | 66 kümmerlich [Leistung etc.] |  |
 | firmly {adv} [with verbs of movement or effort] | 65 feste [ugs.] [mit Verben der Bewegung oder Anstrengung] |  |
 | frenetic {adj} [effort] | 49 verzweifelt |  |
 | easily {adv} [without effort] | locker vom Hocker [ugs.] [Redewendung] |  |
Verbs |
 | to spare sth. [expense, effort, etc.] | 101 etw. scheuen [Ausgaben, Mühen] |  |
 | to win sth. [fig.] [reach with effort] | 44 etw. erreichen [Ziel, Ansehen etc.] |  |
 | to win sth. [archaic] [manage to reach (a place) by effort] | etw. gewinnen [geh.] [ein (räumliches) Ziel mit Mühe erreichen] |  |
Nouns |
 | trouble [bother, effort] | 329 Mühe {f} |  |
 | strain [frantic effort] | 34 Krampf {m} [ugs.] [krampfhaftes Bemühen, Tun] [pej.] |  |
 | market. mil. pol. drive [organised effort] | 28 Kampagne {f} [auch: Campagne] [z. B. Spendenkampagne, Einstellungskampagne] |  |
 | study [assiduous effort] | 23 Fleiß {m} |  |
 | trouble [effort] | 23 Bemühung {f} |  |
 | bother [effort, nuisance] | 6 Umtrieb {m} [bes. schweiz.] [Mühe, Plage] |  |
 | application [diligence, effort] | Eifer {m} |  |
 | drive [united effort to accomplish some specific purpose] | (gemeinsame) Aktion {f} [z. B. Spendenaktion] |  |
 | lucubration [pretentious literary effort] [pej.] | (literarischer) Geisteserguss {m} [ugs.] [pej.] |  |
 | production [a work created as a result of artistic effort] [also fig.] | (künstlerische) Leistung {f} [künstlerische Arbeit] [auch fig.] |  |
 | race [urgent need, effort] | Dringlichkeit {f} |  |
 | trouble [slight problems or effort] | Mühewaltung {f} [österr. Rechtssprache, sonst Papierdeutsch, veraltet] [Mühe, Aufwand] |  |
2 Words: Others |
 | single-handed {adj} [unaided, by one's own effort] | ohne Hilfe [nachgestellt] |  |
2 Words: Verbs |
 | to dope sth. out [Am.] [coll.] [dated] [figure sth. out usually with effort] | etw.Akk. aushecken [ugs.] [mit List ersinnen, planen] |  |
 | to dope sth. out [coll.] [dated] [figure sth. out usually with effort] | etw.Akk. austüfteln [ugs.] |  |
 | to lean into sth. [work hard, make an effort] | sich in etw.Akk. hineinknien [ugs.] [Redewendung] |  |
 | to rustle up sth. [coll.] [find by effort or search] | etw. auftreiben [ugs.] [beschaffen] |  |
 | to work out sth. [bring about by work, effort, or action] | etw.Akk. herausarbeiten |  |
2 Words: Nouns |
 | quest for sth. [effort to obtain sth.] | Bemühen {n} um etw.Akk. |  |
 | law pol. separation movement [effort by a region to achieve independence] | Separatismusbestrebung {f} |  |
 | publ. serious reading [where the topic is weighty, requiring considerable effort to comprehend] | anspruchsvolle Lektüre {f} |  |
3 Words: Others |
 | sth. is called for [e.g. effort, explanations] | es bedarf etw.Gen. [einiger Mühe, einer Erklärung etc.] |  |
3 Words: Verbs |
 | to be a failure [plan, effort] | nicht glücken |  |
 | to step on it [coll.] [idiom] [increase the effort or tempo of some activity] | einen Schritt zulegen [Redewendung] |  |
 | to study to do sth. [archaic] [make an effort to do sth.] | suchen, etw. zu tun [geh.] [bemüht sein, etw. zu tun] |  |
4 Words: Others |
 | Is it worth it? [worth the trouble / effort] | Lohnt es sich? |  |
 | It was no use. [The effort would not succeed.] | Es hatte aber keinen Zweck. |  |
4 Words: Verbs |
 | to make a meal of sth. [put in too much effort] [idiom] | eine große Sache aus etw.Dat. machen [Redewendung] |  |
5+ Words: Others |
 | That doesn't bear thinking about! [e.g. effort, costs] | Ich darf gar nicht daran denken! [z. B. Mühe, Kosten] |  |