# driva
## French
### Pronunciation

* Homophones: drivas, drivât

### Verb

driva
* third-person singular past historic of driver

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* drive (e and split infinitives)

### Etymology

From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Compare with Swedish driva, Icelandic drífa, English drive, Dutch drijven, German treiben.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²driːʋɑ/

### Verb

driva (present tense driv, past tense dreiv, supine drive, past participle driven, present participle drivande, imperative driv)
* to drive, move (e.g. a herd of cattle)
    Han driv saueflokken framfor seg.He drives the herd of sheep in front of him.
* to propel
    Ein bensinmotor driv bilen.A petrol engine propels the car.
* to run (e.g. a business)
    Dei dreiv firmaet saman.They ran the company together.
* to wander aimlessly
    Ungdommane driv rundt i byen.The young people wander around town.
* to do, occupy oneself with something.
    Eg driv mykje med strikking.I do a lot of knitting.
* to be adrift, (float at random)
    Etter at motoren svikta, dreiv skipet på havet.After the engine failed, the ship was adrift on the ocean.

#### Derived terms

* drivis

### References

* “driva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old Frisian
### Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *drīban, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”).

### Verb

drīva
* to drive away

#### Descendants

* North Frisian:
    Föhr-Amrum: driiw
    Mooring: driwe
    Sylt: driiv
    Wiedingharde: driwwe
* Saterland Frisian: drieuwe
* West Frisian: driuwe

## Old Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną.

### Verb

drīva
* drive forward; push on
* force
* manage; perform
* inflict
* drift; wander about

#### Descendants

* Swedish: driva

## Slovene
### Verb

driva
* first-person dual imperative of dreti

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdriːˌva/
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

From Old Norse drífa f, derived from the verb.

#### Noun

driva c
* a drift (usually of snow)
    Synonym: (snowdrift) snödriva

##### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | driva | drivas |
| singular | definite | drivan | drivans |
| plural | indefinite | drivor | drivors |
| plural | definite | drivorna | drivornas |

### Etymology 2

From Old Swedish drīva, from Old Norse drífa, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”). Compare Danish and Norwegian drive, Icelandic drífa, English drive, Frisian driuwe, Dutch drijven, German treiben.

#### Verb

driva (present driver, preterite drev, supine drivit, imperative driv)
* to drive; compel
    De drevs ut ur stadenThey were driven out of the city
    Hon drivs av hat mot samhälletShe is driven by hatred of society
* to drift; wander about (driva runt/driva omkring)
* to operate, run (a company, campaign etc.)
* (intransitive, transitive with med (“with”)) to 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 driverHe's just taking the piss
    driva med någotmake fun of / take the piss out of something

##### Usage notes

* Köra (“drive”) or åka (“go”) is used for driving a vehicle.
* "Take the piss" is often a good match for meaning in (sense 4), though driva is not vulgar.

##### Related terms

* bedriva
* drift
* drivkraft
* drivning
* drivved
* framdriva
* fördriva
* gendriva
* genomdriva
* indriva
* uppdriva
* utdriva
* överdriva

##### See also

* driftkucku
* göra sig lustig över
* åtlöje

### References

* driva in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* driva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* driva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* Arvid, Vidar, virad, vrida