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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

drift.

operation, running (of a company, a service or a mashine)

5 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/dreft/[ˈd̥ʁæfd̥]

  1. operation, running (of a company, a service or a mashine)

    common-gender · uncountable

  2. service (of public transport)

    common-gender · uncountable

  3. drive, urge, desire

    common-gender

  4. drift (slow movement in the water or the air)

    common-gender · uncountable

  5. drove (driven animals)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Norse drift, from Proto-Germanic *driftiz, cognate with Swedish drift, English drift, German Trift, Dutch drift. Derived form the verb *drībaną (“to drive”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.