treiben

See also: Treiben

German

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German trīben, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German trīban, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Cognate with Low German drieven, Dutch drijven, English drive, Danish drive, Swedish driva. More at drive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʀaɪ̯bm̩/, /ˈtʀaɪ̯bən/

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• Hyphenation: trei‧ben

Verb

1. (transitive, auxiliary: “haben”) to drive (e.g. livestock); to propel; to force
2. (transitive, auxiliary: “haben”) to put forth; to produce; to sprout
3. (transitive, figuratively, auxiliary: “haben”) to urge
4. (transitive, vulgar, slang, auxiliary: “haben”) to fuck
5. (intransitive, auxiliary: “sein”) to drift; to float about
6. (intransitive, auxiliary: “sein”) to sprout
7. (transitive) to do, to get up to

   Was treibst du denn so den ganzen Tag?

   What do you get up to all day?

Derived terms

• abtreiben
• antreiben
• auftreiben
• austreiben
• betreiben
• dahin treiben
• durchtrieben
• eintreiben
• forttreiben
• Getriebe
• heraustreiben
• herumtreiben
• hintertreiben
• Treibeis
• Treiben
• Treiber
• Treiberin
• Treibgut
• Treibhaus
• Treibholz
• Treibjagd
• Treibriemen
• Treibsand
• Treibsel
• Trieb
• übertreiben
• umtreiben
• vertreiben
• vorantreiben
• vortreiben
• wegtreiben
• zusammentreiben
• zutreiben

 

Related terms

• Drift

Further reading

• “treiben” in Duden online

Anagrams

• Bietern, breiten, Breiten, brieten, trieben, Trieben