vertreiben
German (Berlin)
/fɛʁˈtʁaɪ̯bən/
verb-strong
Definitions
- (transitive) To force to leave.
- (transitive) To bring much of something onto the market.
- (transitive) To put colors softly together.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German vertriben inherited from Old High German fartriban affix from German treiben (float, drift, force, drive, propel, push).
Origin
German (Berlin)
treiben
Gloss
float, drift, force, drive, propel, push
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- drive English
- fordrive English
- Treiber German
- Treibgas German
- Treibgut German
- Treibhaus German
- Vertreibung German
- abtreiben German
- auftreiben German
- austreiben German
- betreiben German
- eintreiben German
- herumtreiben German
- treiben German
- umtreiben German
- untertreiben German
- vorantreiben German
- wegtreiben German
- zertreiben German
- zutreiben German
- übertreiben German
- drijven Dutch, Flemish
- verdrijven Dutch, Flemish
- driva Swedish
- fördriva Swedish
- drīfan Old English
- fordrifan Old English
- fordriven Middle English
- verdriven Middle Dutch
- fartriban Old High German
- vertriben Middle High German
- *fradrīban gmw-pro
- vordriven Middle Low German
- fardrīvan Old Saxon
- fordriva Old Swedish