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schieben

German, verb/ˈʃiːbən/

schieben is a German verb meaning “to push; to shove” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Gegenstand durch mechanischen Druck bewegen”.

What does schieben mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to push; to shove

  2. 2

    to slide; to slip; to put

  3. 3

    to push

  4. 4

    colloquialto traffic (something); to profiteer; to racketeer

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. einen Gegenstand durch mechanischen Druck bewegen 2. etwas an eine Stelle hineinstecken 3. jemand für etwas verantwortlich machen 4. langsam gehen

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of schieben

  • schiebt present singular third-person
  • schob past
  • geschoben participle past
  • schöbe past subjunctive
  • haben auxiliary
  • 2 strong
  • schiebend participle present
  • schiebe first-person indicative present
  • schiebst indicative present second-person
  • schiebest second-person singular subjunctive
  • schiebet plural second-person subjunctive
  • schoben first-person indicative plural
  • schöben first-person formal plural
  • schobst indicative preterite second-person
  • schobt indicative plural preterite
  • schöbest formal rare second-person
  • schöbst formal rare second-person
  • schöbet formal plural rare

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce schieben?

  • /ˈʃiːbən/
  • [ˈʃiːbm̩]
  • [ˈʃiːbn̩]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to schieben

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is schieben in German?

schieben appears 13 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).