19th c., denominal from Schubs, Schupps (“push”), from Schupp (“push”) + -s (“intensive nominal ending”). Schupp (15th c.), in turn, is deverbal from northern Middle High German and Middle Low German schuppen, from Proto-Germanic *skuppōną, intensive form of *skeubaną, whence German schieben and English shove.
Doublet of now colloquial German schuppen and schupfen. Also cognate with Bavarian schupfn, Dutch schoppen. The spelling with -b- by association with related Schub, which has a long vowel, however.
schubsen (weak, third-person singular present schubst, past tense schubste, past participle geschubst, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | schubsen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | schubsend | ||||
| past participle | geschubst | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich schubse | wir schubsen | i | ich schubse | wir schubsen |
| du schubst | ihr schubst | du schubsest | ihr schubset | ||
| er schubst | sie schubsen | er schubse | sie schubsen | ||
| preterite | ich schubste | wir schubsten | ii | ich schubste1 | wir schubsten1 |
| du schubstest | ihr schubstet | du schubstest1 | ihr schubstet1 | ||
| er schubste | sie schubsten | er schubste1 | sie schubsten1 | ||
| imperative | schubs (du) schubse (du) |
schubst (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.