treiben
Das würde die Leute 🧑🤝🧑 wirklich zur Verzweiflung treiben .
🧑🤝🧑
That would really drive people to despair.
- (class-1, strong, transitive) to drive (e.g. livestock); to propel; to force
- (class-1, strong, transitive) to put forth; to produce; to sprout
- (class-1, figuratively, strong, transitive) to urge
- (class-1, slang, strong, transitive, vulgar) to fuck
- (class-1, strong, transitive) to do, to get up to
- (class-1, intransitive, strong) to drift; to float about
- (class-1, intransitive, strong) to sprout
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈtʁaɪ̯bm̩/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German trīben, from Old High German trīban, from Proto-West Germanic *drīban. Cognates Cognate with Low German drieven, Dutch drijven, English drive, Danish drive, Swedish driva. More at drive.
Related words
drive on
lean back
press down
run a business
vor sich hertreiben
vorwärtstreiben
zur Eile drängen
auf Trab bringen
miteinander schlafen
Beine machen
voranbringen
Zunder geben
Sex machen
umherschweifen
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