verdrijven

Meaning

  1. (transitive) to expel, to dispel, to drive away
  2. (transitive) to while (away)

Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/vɛrˈdrɛi̯.və(n)/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle Dutch verdriven. Equivalent to ver- + drijven. Cognate with German vertreiben, English fordrive (“to drive away, drive out, expel”).

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