treiben

From Middle High German trīben, from Old High German trīban, from Proto-West Germanic *drīban.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʁaɪ̯bm̩/, /ˈtʁaɪ̯bən/

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• Hyphenation: trei‧ben

treiben (class 1 strong, third-person singular present treibt, past tense trieb, past participle getrieben, auxiliary haben or sein)

1. (transitive) to drive (e.g. livestock); to propel; to force [auxiliary haben]
2. (transitive) to put forth; to produce; to sprout [auxiliary haben]
3. (transitive, figuratively) to urge [auxiliary haben]
4. (transitive, vulgar, slang, with expletive object es) to fuck [auxiliary haben]
5. (transitive) to do, to get up to [auxiliary haben]

   Synonym: tun

   Was treibst du denn so den ganzen Tag?

   What do you get up to all day?

6. (intransitive) to drift; to float about [auxiliary sein]
7. (intransitive) to sprout [auxiliary sein]

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• “treiben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “treiben” in Duden online
• “treiben” in OpenThesaurus.de

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