drev

See also: dřev

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse drif, from Proto-Germanic *dribą, cognate with Swedish drev. Derived from the verb *drībaną (“to drive”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drev/, [ˈd̥ʁæw]

Noun

drev n (singular definite drevet, plural indefinite drev)

1. (computing) drive (a mass-storage device)
2. (engineering) pinion (a gear in a gear drive train)
3. (obsolete) drove (driven animals)
4. (obsolete) battue (a form of hunting)

Declension

Declension of drev

neuter gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	drev	drevet	drev	drevene
genitive	drevs	drevets	drevs	drevenes

References

• “drev” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “Drev,1” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dreːˀv/, [ˈd̥ʁæwˀ]

Verb

drev

1. past tense of drive

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• dreiv

Verb

drev

1. simple past of drive

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse dreif, from Proto-Germanic *draibō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-.

Noun

drev n

1. a drive (of hunters), a beat, a battue
2. a media drive (journalists going like a drive of hunters after a game)
3. (mechanics) a drive, a sprocket, a chainwheel
4. tow, stuffing (around windows or in the threads of pipes)
5. (mechanical engineering, cycling) sprocket

Declension

Declension of drev

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	drev	drevs
	definite	drevet	drevets
plural	indefinite	drev	drevs
	definite	dreven	drevens

Related terms

• bakdrev
• dreva
• drever
• drevkarl
• framdrev
• kedjedrev

See also

• hetsjakt
• klappjakt

Verb

drev

1. past indicative of driva

Anagrams

• vred