antreiben
to drive, to propel
- Past (Präteritum)
- trieb an
- Past participle
- angetrieben (haben)
Irregular strong verb using the auxiliary haben. It is used both literally for technical propulsion and figuratively to describe strong inner motivation or external pressure that forces a person to act. Note that the prefix 'an-' is separable in all main tenses, unlike the inseparable 'treiben' derivatives like 'vertreiben'. Do not confuse this with 'antreiben' as an archaism for 'to arrive at' in older German legal texts, which is essentially obsolete today.
Conjugation
Present
- treibt an
- present, singular, third-person
- treibe an
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- treiben an
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- treibst an
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
- antreibe
- first-person, indicative, present, singular, subordinate-clause
- antreiben
- first-person, indicative, plural, present, subordinate-clause
- antreibst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
- antreibt
- indicative, plural, present, second-person, subordinate-clause
Past
- trieb an
- past
- trieben an
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- triebst an
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- triebt an
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
- antrieb
- first-person, indicative, preterite, singular, subordinate-clause
- antrieben
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite, subordinate-clause
- antriebst
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular, subordinate-clause
- antriebt
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person, subordinate-clause
Subjunctive
- treibe an
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- treiben an
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- treibest an
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- treibet an
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- triebe an
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- trieben an
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- triebest an
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- triebst an
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- triebet an
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- triebt an
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- antreibe
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- antreiben
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- antreibest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- antreibet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, subordinate-clause
- antriebe
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- antrieben
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- antriebest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- antriebst
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- antriebet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- antriebt
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, subordinate-clause
- habe angetrieben
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- sei angetrieben
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben angetrieben
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- seien angetrieben
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest angetrieben
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seist angetrieben
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiest angetrieben
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet angetrieben
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- seiet angetrieben
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte angetrieben
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
Imperative
- treib an
- imperative, second-person, singular
- treibe an
- imperative, second-person, singular
- treibt an
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- angetrieben
- participle, past
- antreibend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- antreiben
- infinitive
- anzutreiben
- infinitive, infinitive-zu
Other
- habe angetrieben
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- bin angetrieben
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben angetrieben
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- sind angetrieben
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast angetrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- bist angetrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt angetrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- seid angetrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat angetrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- ist angetrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte angetrieben
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- war angetrieben
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten angetrieben
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- waren angetrieben
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest angetrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- warst angetrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet angetrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- wart angetrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- antreiben werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde antreiben
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden antreiben
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst antreiben
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet antreiben
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird antreiben
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- angetrieben haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- angetrieben sein werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde angetrieben haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werde angetrieben sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden angetrieben haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- werden angetrieben sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural