Swedish verb · noun· top 2,000 most common

driva

drive, carry on, operate, run/ˈdriːˌva/

driva as a verb

Meaning

drive; carry on; operate; run; joke with; tease; make fun of; drift

In Swedish: jaga, fösa, tvinga

Conjugation

Conjugation of driva (drive)
Infinitive	att driva	to drive
Present	driver	jag driver
Past	drev	jag drev
Supine	drivit	used after har / hade
Perfect	har drivit	jag har drivit
Past perfect	hade drivit	jag hade drivit
Future	ska driva	or: kommer att driva
Conditional	skulle driva	jag skulle driva
Imperative	driv!	a command
Present participle	drivande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	driven	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of driva
Infinitive	drivas
Present	drivs
Past	drevs
Supine	drivits

Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use driver. See the four verb groups explained.

driva as a noun(en driva)

Meaning

drift

In Swedish: hög av snö

Forms

Forms of driva
Singular, indefinite	en driva
Singular, definite	drivan
Plural, indefinite	drivor
Plural, definite	drivorna

driva is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor driva, den stora drivan. Check another noun

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driva in a sentence

driva korna till lagården
drive the cattle to the barn
driva någon till vansinne
drive sby insane
driva propaganda
carry on propaganda
driva (ett) företag
run a company
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

Words built with driva

snödriva snowdrift

Questions

What does driva mean in English?

driva means “drive, carry on”.

Is it en driva or ett driva?

It is en driva, and “the drift” is drivan.

What is the plural of driva?

The plural of driva is drivor, and the definite plural is drivorna.

What is the past tense of driva?

The past tense of driva is drev (“jag drev”). The supine is drivit, used in “jag har drivit”.

What is the present tense of driva?

driver, the same for every person: jag driver, du driver, vi driver.

Similar words

fösagycklapiskasnöhög

Origin

From Old Norse drífa f, derived from the verb.

Nearby common words

driva is number 1,708 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,704tomt site, plot
1,705artikel article, commodity
1,706fastna get caught
1,707straff penalty, punishment
1,709elev pupil, student
1,710björn bear
1,711samman together
1,712lokal premises

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Sources: Folkets lexikon (CC BY-SA 2.5) and Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), edited by Lingolib. Recording: Wikimedia Commons. Browse the dictionary