dreiwen

See also: dréiwen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German drīben, from Old High German (*)drīvan, northern variant of trīban, from Proto-West Germanic *drīban.

Cognate with German treiben, English drive, Dutch drijven, Icelandic drífa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdrai̯ven/, [ˈdʀɑɪ̯.vən]

  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