dreven

== Danish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dreːvən/, [ˈd̥ʁæːʋn̩], [ˈd̥ʁæwn̩] === Verb === dreven past participle common singular of drive === Adjective === dreven (neuter drevent, plural and definite singular attributive drevne) skilled, experienced, practised shrewd, sly ==== Inflection ==== ==== Derived terms ==== drevenhed === References === “dreven” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -eːvən === Verb === dreven inflection of drijven: plural past indicative (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive === Anagrams === ervend, verend == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English drǣfan, from Proto-West Germanic *draibijan, from Proto-Germanic *draibijaną (“to pursue, drive”); equivalent to driven +‎ -en. Partly mingled with Etymology 2. ==== Verb ==== dreven to drive, pursue to attack to trouble, vex to flow ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: dreave Scots: drefe ===== References ===== “drēven, v1.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === From Old English drēfan, from Proto-West Germanic *drōbijan, from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną (“to disturb”); equivalent to drof +‎ -en. ==== Verb ==== dreven to trouble, vex, frighten to worry, disturb ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: dreve ===== References ===== “drēven, v2.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Swedish == === Noun === dreven definite plural of drev === Anagrams === vreden