dreif

See also: dréif

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse dreif (“a scattering, spread”), from Proto-Germanic *draibō (“a driving”), from Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /treiːv/
  • Rhymes: -eiːv

Noun

dreif f (genitive singular dreifar, nominative plural dreifar)

  1. Used only in set phrases

Declension
declension of dreif
f-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative dreif dreifin dreifar dreifarnar
accusative dreif dreifina dreifar dreifarnar
dative dreif dreifinni dreifum dreifunum
genitive dreifar dreifarinnar dreifa dreifanna

Derived terms
  • á víð og dreif (“here and there, scattered about”)

Luxembourgish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dʀai̯f/, [dʀɑɪ̯f]

Verb

dreif

  1. second-person singular imperative of dreiwen
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