From Low German, from Schipper (“captain, one in charge of a boat”), from Middle Low German schipper, alteration of schēper, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz, whence also German Schiffer. Compare Dutch schipperen (“to manoeuvre, sort out, cope”).
schippern (weak, third-person singular present schippert, past tense schipperte, past participle geschippert, auxiliary haben or sein)
infinitive | schippern | ||||
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present participle | schippernd | ||||
past participle | geschippert | ||||
auxiliary | haben or sein | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schippre ich schippere ich schipper |
wir schippern | i | ich schippere ich schippre |
wir schippern |
du schipperst | ihr schippert | du schipperest du schipprest |
ihr schipperet ihr schippret | ||
er schippert | sie schippern | er schippere er schippre |
sie schippern | ||
preterite | ich schipperte | wir schipperten | ii | ich schipperte1 | wir schipperten1 |
du schippertest | ihr schippertet | du schippertest1 | ihr schippertet1 | ||
er schipperte | sie schipperten | er schipperte1 | sie schipperten1 | ||
imperative | schippre (du) schipper (du) schippere (du) |
schippert (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.