/ˈdriːˌva/
UrsprungFrom Old Norse drífa f, derived from the verb.
- common-gendera drift (usually of snow)
- to drive (to compel)
“De drevs ut ur staden” — They were driven out of the city
“Hon drivs av hat mot samhället” — She is driven by hatred of society
- to drift; wander about (driva runt/driva omkring)
- to operate, run (a company, campaign etc.)
- intransitive, transitiveto make fun of, to mess with, to take the piss, to tease (have fun at the expense of someone, make fun of something)
“Driver du med mig?” — Are you making fun of me / taking the piss / (when expressing disbelief) kidding me?
“Han bara driver” — He's just taking the piss
“driva med något” — make fun of / take the piss out of something
Formerdriva(indefinite, nominative, singular) · drivas(genitive, indefinite, singular) · drivan(definite, nominative, singular) · drivans(definite, genitive, singular) · drivor(indefinite, nominative, plural) · drivors(genitive, indefinite, plural) · drivorna(definite, nominative, plural) · drivornas(definite, genitive, plural) · driver(present) · drev(preterite) · drivit(supine) · driv(imperative) · driva(active, infinitive) · drivas(infinitive, passive) · drivit(active, supine) · drivits(passive, supine) · driv(active, imperative) · -(imperative, passive) · driven(active, archaic, error-unrecognized-form) · -(archaic, error-unrecognized-form, passive)