drev

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse drif.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /drev/, [d̥ʁæw]

Noun

drev n (singular definite drevet, plural indefinite drev)

  1. drive (computing: mass-storage device)
  2. pinion (gear in a gear drive train)
Inflection

Etymology 2

See drive.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dreːv/, [d̥ʁæwˀ]

Verb

drev

  1. past tense of drive

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

drev

  1. simple past of drive

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse dreif, from Proto-Germanic *draibō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-.

Noun

drev n

  1. a drive (of hunters), a beat, a battue
  2. a media drive (journalists going like a drive of hunters after a game)
  3. (mechanics) a drive, a pinion
  4. tow, stuffing (around windows or in the threads of pipes)

Declension

Declension of drev 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative drev drevet drev dreven
Genitive drevs drevets drevs drevens
  • dreva
  • drever
  • drevkarl
  • kedjedrev

Verb

drev

  1. past tense of driva.
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