drieve

• dreive (Moselle Franconian)

From Old High German *drīvan, northern variant of trīban, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʀiːvə/

drieve (third-person singular present driev, past tense drevv, past participle jedrevve)

1. (Ripuarian, transitive) to drive; to push; to chase (cause to go somewhere or to do something)

   Driev dat Mädche net su! Wann et net met well, bliet et evvens do.

   Don’t push the girl like this! If she doesn’t want to come along, she’ll stay here.

2. (Ripuarian, intransitive) to float

   Do driev ene dude Fesch em Waßer.

   There’s a dead fish floating in the water.