drijven
Meaning
- (intransitive) to float
- (transitive) to drive, to push (cattle e.g.)
Frequency
Hyphenated as
drij‧ven
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdrɛi̯və(n)/
Etymology
From Middle Dutch driven, from Old Dutch drīvan, from Proto-West Germanic *drīban, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”).
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