English-German translation for "drove"

"drove" German translation

drove
[drouv] <preterite, (simple) past tense | Präteritum, Vergangenheitprät>

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  • drove → see „drive
    drove → see „drive
War es Leichtsinn, der sie zu diesem Schritt getrieben hat?
Was it recklessness that drove her to do this?
Source: Europarl
Sie ist mit ihrem Auto zur Arbeit gefahren.
She drove her car to work.
Source: Europarl
Der Hunger brachte die Soldaten dazu, Geiseln zu nehmen, um Lösegeld zu erpressen.
Hunger drove the armies to take hostages for ransom.
Source: News-Commentary
Die Lautsprecherübertragungen des Südens haben ihren Zweck erreicht.
The South s loudspeaker broadcasts ’ drove the point home.
Source: News-Commentary
Die Getreidepreise haben die Preise in die Höhe getrieben.
It was market forces in the world that drove market price up and that is exactly what happened.
Source: Europarl
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drove
[drouv]noun | Substantiv s

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  • Triebmasculine | Maskulinum m
    drove driven herd of livestock
    (getriebene) Herde
    drove driven herd of livestock
    drove driven herd of livestock
  • Herdefeminine | Femininum f
    drove of people figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Mengefeminine | Femininum f
    drove of people figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    Zugmasculine | Maskulinum m
    drove of people figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
    drove of people figurative(ly) | figurativ, in übertragenem Sinnfig
  • Breiteisenneuter | Neutrum n
    drove engineering | TechnikTECH drove chisel
    breiter Meißel
    drove engineering | TechnikTECH drove chisel
    drove engineering | TechnikTECH drove chisel
  • rau behauene Steinoberfläche
    drove engineering | TechnikTECH drove work
    drove engineering | TechnikTECH drove work
  • schmaler Ent-or | oder od Bewässerungsgraben
    drove narrow irrigation channel British English | britisches EnglischBr
    drove narrow irrigation channel British English | britisches EnglischBr
drove
[drouv]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t

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  • (zum Markt) treiben
    drove agriculture | Agrar-/LandwirtschaftAGR livestock
    drove agriculture | Agrar-/LandwirtschaftAGR livestock
  • rau behauen
    drove engineering | TechnikTECH stone
    drove engineering | TechnikTECH stone
drove
[drouv]intransitive verb | intransitives Verb v/i

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  • Vieh zum Markt treiben
    drove agriculture | Agrar-/LandwirtschaftAGR drive livestock to market
    drove agriculture | Agrar-/LandwirtschaftAGR drive livestock to market
  • Viehhandel betreiben
    drove agriculture | Agrar-/LandwirtschaftAGR trade in livestock
    drove agriculture | Agrar-/LandwirtschaftAGR trade in livestock
  • Steine mit dem Breiteisen bearbeiten
    drove engineering | TechnikTECH work on stone with drove chisel
    drove engineering | TechnikTECH work on stone with drove chisel
he drove them off the seas
er vertrieb sie von den Weltmeeren
he drove them off the seas
they drove (or | oderod carried on) a roaring trade
they drove (or | oderod carried on) a roaring trade
War es Leichtsinn, der sie zu diesem Schritt getrieben hat?
Was it recklessness that drove her to do this?
Source: Europarl
Sie ist mit ihrem Auto zur Arbeit gefahren.
She drove her car to work.
Source: Europarl
Der Hunger brachte die Soldaten dazu, Geiseln zu nehmen, um Lösegeld zu erpressen.
Hunger drove the armies to take hostages for ransom.
Source: News-Commentary
Die Lautsprecherübertragungen des Südens haben ihren Zweck erreicht.
The South s loudspeaker broadcasts ’ drove the point home.
Source: News-Commentary
Die Getreidepreise haben die Preise in die Höhe getrieben.
It was market forces in the world that drove market price up and that is exactly what happened.
Source: Europarl
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