treiben
to play (a trick), to drift, to drive
- Past (Präteritum)
- trieb
- Past participle
- getrieben (haben)
Strong verb with irregular vowel changes: treiben, trieb, getrieben. In the context of 'einen Scherz treiben', it means 'to play a prank'. It can also mean to float or drift, in which case it typically takes 'sein' as an auxiliary, but it takes 'haben' when meaning to pursue an activity or play a role/trick as in the text example.
Conjugation
Present
- treibt
- present, singular, third-person
- treibe
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- treiben
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- treibst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- trieb
- past
- trieben
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- triebst
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- triebt
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- treibe
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- treiben
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- treibest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- treibet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- triebe
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- trieben
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- triebest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- triebst
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- triebet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- triebt
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe getrieben
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- sei getrieben
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben getrieben
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- seien getrieben
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest getrieben
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seist getrieben
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- seiest getrieben
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet getrieben
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- seiet getrieben
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte getrieben
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- wäre getrieben
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten getrieben
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- wären getrieben
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest getrieben
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärst getrieben
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- wärest getrieben
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet getrieben
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wärt getrieben
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- wäret getrieben
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde treiben
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- treib
- imperative, second-person, singular
- treibe
- imperative, second-person, singular
- treibt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- getrieben
- participle, past
- treibend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- treiben
- infinitive
Other
- habe getrieben
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- bin getrieben
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben getrieben
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- sind getrieben
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast getrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- bist getrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt getrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- seid getrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat getrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- ist getrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte getrieben
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- war getrieben
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten getrieben
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- waren getrieben
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest getrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- warst getrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet getrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- wart getrieben
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- treiben werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde treiben
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden treiben
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst treiben
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet treiben
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird treiben
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- getrieben haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- getrieben sein werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde getrieben haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werde getrieben sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden getrieben haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- werden getrieben sein
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural