schieben

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German schieben, from Old High German skioban, from Proto-West Germanic *skeuban, from Proto-Germanic *skeubaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ-.

Cognate with Low German schuven, Dutch schuiven, English shove, Danish skubbe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃiːbən/,
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Verb

schieben (class 2 strong, third-person singular present schiebt, past tense schob, past participle geschoben, past subjunctive schöbe, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to push; to shove
  2. (transitive) to slide; to slip; to put
  3. (intransitive) to push
  4. (transitive or intransitive, colloquial) to traffic (something); to profiteer; to racketeer

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Further reading

  • schieben” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schieben” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schieben” in Duden online
  • schieben” in OpenThesaurus.de