fördriva

See also: fordriva

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish fordriva,[1] from Middle Low German vordriven,[2] from Old Saxon fardrīvan, from Proto-West Germanic *fradrīban, equivalent to för- + driva.

Cognate with Danish fordrive, Norwegian Bokmål fordrive, Norwegian Nynorsk fordriva, fordrive, Old Norse fordrífa, German vertreiben and English fordrive.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fœrˈdriːva/, [fœ̞ˈɖriːva]

Verb

fördriva (present fördriver, preterite fördrev, supine fördrivit, imperative fördriv)

  1. (transitive) drive away, force to leave
  2. (transitive, of time) kill
    Synonym: döda
    Planet vart försenat så istället för bråttom hade vi nu tre timmar att fördriva på nåt sätt.
    The flight was late so instead of being in a hurry, we had now three hours to kill somehow.

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