schippern

German

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɪpɐn/
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Verb

schippern (weak, third-person singular present schippert, past tense schipperte, past participle geschippert, auxiliary haben or sein)

  1. (intransitive) to go by ship, to sail (usually slowly) [auxiliary sein]
    Wir sind gemütlich über den Atlantik geschippert.
    We sailed comfortably over the Atlantic.
  2. (transitive) to ship, to transport by ship [auxiliary haben]

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