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English
Etymology
From Middle English dreven (also droven), from Old English drēfan, *drōfian (“to trouble, vex, agitate, disturb the mind of”), from Proto-Germanic *drōbijaną (“to disturb, excite, make muddy”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰrebʰ- (“to become thick or cloudy, curdle, ferment”). Cognate with Low German dröven, Dutch droeven (“to be sad, grieve”), German trüben (“to dull, dim, cloud, tarnish, trouble”), Swedish bedröva (“to grieve, sadden, distress”). Related to droff.
Verb
dreve (third-person singular simple present dreves, present participle dreving, simple past and past participle dreved)
- (transitive, obsolete) To trouble; afflict; make anxious.
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Verb
dreve
- (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of drijven
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic древа (dreva).
Noun
dreve f pl (plural only)
- sawdust
Declension
declension of dreve (plural only)
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(niște) dreve
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drevele
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(unor) dreve
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drevelor
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References
- dreve in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN
Slovak
Pronunciation
Noun
dreve n
- locative singular of drevo