schubsen

See also: Schubsen

German

Alternative forms

  • schuppsen, schupsen (now nonstandard)

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʊpsən/, [ˈʃʊpsn̩]
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: schub‧sen

Verb

schubsen (weak, third-person singular present schubst, past tense schubste, past participle geschubst, auxiliary haben)

  1. to shove (push roughly)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • schubsen” in Duden online
  • schubsen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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