dreiwen

See also: dréiwen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German (*)drīvan, northern variant of trīban, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną. Cognate with German treiben, English drive, Dutch drijven, Icelandic drífa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʀai̯ven/, [ˈdʀɑɪ̯vən]
    Rhymes: -ɑɪvən

Verb

dreiwen (third-person singular present dreift, past participle gedriwwen, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. to drive, to propel

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive dreiwen
participle gedriwwen
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular dreiwen —
2nd singular dreifs dreif
3rd singular dreift —
1st plural dreiwen —
2nd plural dreift dreift
3rd plural dreiwen —
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms

  • andreiwen
  • ausdreiwen
  • ënnerdreiwen
  • erausdreiwen
  • erëmdreiwen
  • ewechdreiwen
  • iwwerdreiwen
  • ofdreiwen
  • opdreiwen
  • undreiwen
  • verdreiwen
  • zeréckdreiwen
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