Noun
der Drive
Pronunciation: /dʁaɪf/
drive (self-motivation)
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plural Drives
Meanings
Noun
- drive (self-motivation)
- vitality, momentum
- drive (stroke made with a driver)
- drive (ball struck in a flat trajectory)
Example sentence
Dem neuen Team fehlt einfach der nötige Drive.
The new team simply lacks the necessary drive.
Word forms
singular
der Drive
plural
die Drives
The four cases
Singular
Nominativeder Drive
Accusativeden Drive
Dativedem Drive
Genitivedes Drives
Plural
Nominativedie Drives
Accusativedie Drives
Dativeden Drives
Genitiveder Drives
Usage
- Drive haben — have drive or energy; an informal English borrowing
- einem Projekt Drive geben — give a project momentum; the project is dative
Mit ihrem Drive brachte sie das stockende Projekt wieder voran.
With her drive, she got the stalled project moving again.