aufschieben
German, verb/ˈʔaʊ̯fʃiːbm̩/
aufschieben is spelled A-U-F-S-C-H-I-E-B-E-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 44,523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aufschieben is a German verb meaning “to push open” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas durch Schieben öffnen”.
What does aufschieben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to push open
- 2
to postpone
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas durch Schieben öffnen 2. etwas zeitlich verschieben
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 aufschieben
- schiebt auf present singular third-person
- schob auf past
- aufgeschoben participle past
- schöbe auf past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- aufschiebend participle present
- aufzuschieben infinitive infinitive-zu
- schiebe auf first-person indicative present
- schieben auf first-person indicative plural
- schiebst auf indicative present second-person
- schiebest auf second-person singular subjunctive
- schiebet auf plural second-person subjunctive
- schoben auf first-person indicative plural
- schöben auf first-person formal plural
- schobst auf indicative preterite second-person
- schobt auf indicative plural preterite
- schöbest auf formal rare second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce aufschieben?
- /ˈʔaʊ̯fʃiːbm̩/
- /ˈʔaʊ̯fʃiːbən/
- [ˈaʊ̯fˌʃiːbn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to aufschieben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is aufschieben in German?
aufschieben appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).