zutreiben

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German

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Etymology

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zu- +‎ treiben

Pronunciation

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Verb

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zutreiben (class 1 strong, third-person singular present treibt zu, past tense trieb zu, past participle zugetrieben, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (transitive) to drive [with accusative ‘someone/something’, along with dative or auf (+ accusative) ‘towards someone/something/somewhere’] [auxiliary haben]
  2. (intransitive, also figurative) to drift [with dative or auf (+ accusative) ‘towards someone/something/somewhere’] [auxiliary sein]

Conjugation

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Further reading

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  • zutreiben” in Duden online
  • zutreiben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache