versuchen

to try, to attempt .mw-parser-output .object-usage-tag{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output .deprecated{color:var(--wikt-palette-grey-lime-8,olivedrab)}[with zu (+ infinitive) ‘to do something’]

"Bitte sei still, ich versuche zu schlafen."

to try, to taste

to tempt

to dabble in, to experiment with [with an etwas ‘in/with something’]