drijfveer

Betekenis (Engels)

incentive, motivation, mainspring (something, usually physical, that motivates)

Sinonieme

beweegreden

motief

term

veer

🪶

springveer

stimulans

Vertalings

Beweggrund

Motiv

ressort

mola

Feder

🪶

reason

spring

motive

Triebfeder

mainspring

inducement

incentive

Anreiz

account

Antrieb

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈdrɛi̯.feːr/

Etimologie (Engels)

From drijven (“to drive, move”) + veer (“spring”), possibly calque of German Triebfeder. From the second half of the 18th century.