driven

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-der.

Proto-Germanic *drībaną

Proto-West Germanic *drīban

Old English drīfan

Middle English driven

English drive

English -en

English driven

From drive + -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɹɪvn̩/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪvən

Verb

driven

1. past participle of drive

Adjective

driven (comparative more driven, superlative most driven)

1. Obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals.

   highly driven

   driven person

2. Formed into snowdrifts by wind. (of snow)

Antonyms

• non-driven, nondriven

Hyponyms

• axle-driven
• behavior-driven
• behaviour-driven
• belt-driven
• chain-driven
• community-driven
• compiler-driven
• data-driven
• demand-driven
• destination-driven
• domain-driven
• event-driven
• fulldriven
• model-driven
• performance-driven
• quote-driven
• servo-driven
• space-driven
• test-driven
• wind-driven

Derived terms

• domain-driven design
• drivenness
• indriven
• keyword-driven testing
• message-driven architecture
• message-driven bean
• model-driven architecture
• model-driven testing
• overdriven
• resume-driven development
• test-driven development
• undriven
• white as driven snow
• white as the driven snow

Translations

obsessed; passionately motivated to achieve goals — see also ambitious,‎ motivated,‎ resolute,‎ determined

• Dutch: gedreven (nl)
• Esperanto: devigita

(mechanical sense)

• Spanish: impulsado (es), propulsado (es), propelido, impelido (es), conducido (es)

Anagrams

• Verdin, Virden, verdin

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch drīvan, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdriːvən/

Verb

driven

1. to drive, to push (forward)
2. to drive (to do something)
3. to do, to perform
4. to float

Inflection

Conjugation of driven (strong class 1)

infinitive	base form	driven
	genitive	drivens
	dative	drivene
		indicative			subjunctive
		present	past		present	past
1st person singular		drive	drêef		drive	drēve
2nd person singular		drijfs, drives	drēefs, drēves		drijfs, drives	drēves
3rd person singular		drijft, drivet	drêef		drive	drēve
1st person plural		driven	drēven		driven	drēven
2nd person plural		drijft, drivet	drēeft, drēvet		drijft, drivet	drēvet
3rd person plural		driven	drēven		driven	drēven
		imperative
singular		drijf, drive
plural		drijft, drivet
		present	past
participle		drivende	gedrēven

Descendants

• Dutch: drijven
  • Afrikaans: dryf, drywe
  • Papiamentu: drif
• Limburgish: drieve

Further reading

• “driven”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “driven”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Alternative forms

• drifen, drifven

Etymology

From Old English drīfan, from Proto-West Germanic *drīban.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdriːvən/

Verb

driven

1. to drive

Conjugation

Conjugation of driven (strong class 1)

infinitive	(to) driven, drive
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	drive	drof
2nd-person singular	drivest	drive1, drove1
3rd-person singular	driveth	drof
subjunctive singular	drive	drive2, drove2
imperative singular		—
plural3	driven, drive	driven, drive, droven, drove
imperative plural	driveth, drive	—
participles	drivynge, drivende	driven, drive, ydriven, ydrive

¹ Later replaced by the 1st-/3rd-person singular or drofest.
² Later replaced by the indicative.
³ Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: drive
• Scots: drive
• Yola: dhreeve, dhrive, dreeve, drieve, drive

References

• “drīven, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Swedish

Participle

driven

1. past participle of driva

Adjective

driven (not comparable)

1. driven, operated

Declension

Inflection of driven

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	driven	—	—
neuter singular	drivet	—	—
plural	drivna	—	—
masculine plural2	drivne	—	—
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	drivne	—	—
all	drivna	—	—

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Derived terms

• atomdriven
• bakhjulsdriven
• banddriven
• batteridriven
• bensindriven
• bortdriven
• dieseldriven
• durkdriven
• eldriven
• etanoldriven
• framhjulsdriven
• fyrhjulsdriven
• gasdriven
• gasoldriven
• handdriven
• hopdriven
• ilanddriven
• jetdriven
• kedjedriven
• luftdriven
• maskindriven
• motordriven
• propellerdriven
• remdriven
• soldriven
• stormdriven
• trampdriven
• tryckluftsdriven
• tvåhjulsdriven
• uppdriven
• vattendriven
• vinddriven
• ångdriven
• överdriven

Anagrams

• drivne, indrev, vriden