drev
See also: dřev
Danish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Norse drif, from Proto-Germanic *dribą, cognate with Swedish drev. Derived from the verb *drībaną (“to drive”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
drev n (singular definite drevet, plural indefinite drev)
- (computing) drive (a mass-storage device)
- (engineering) pinion (a gear in a gear drive train)
- (obsolete) drove (driven animals)
- (obsolete) battue (a form of hunting)
Declension edit
Declension of drev
References edit
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
drev
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
Verb edit
drev
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse dreif, from Proto-Germanic *draibō, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ-.
Noun edit
drev n
- a drive (of hunters), a beat, a battue
- a media drive (journalists going like a drive of hunters after a game)
- (mechanics) a drive, a sprocket, a chainwheel
- tow, stuffing (around windows or in the threads of pipes)
- (mechanical engineering, cycling) sprocket
Declension edit
Declension of drev | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | drev | drevet | drev | dreven |
Genitive | drevs | drevets | drevs | drevens |
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Verb edit
drev
- past indicative of driva