schippern
German, verb/ˈʃɪpɐn/
schippern is spelled S-C-H-I-P-P-E-R-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 71,199th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schippern is a German verb meaning “to go by ship, to sail (usually slowly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich mit einem Wasserfahrzeug fortbewegen, eine Reise zur See machen”.
What does schippern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to go by ship, to sail (usually slowly)
Wir sind gemütlich über den Atlantik geschippert.
- 2
to ship, to transport by ship
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich mit einem Wasserfahrzeug fortbewegen, eine Reise zur See machen 2. mit einem Schiff transportieren
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 schippern
- schippert present singular third-person
- schipperte past
- geschippert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- schippernd participle present
- schippre first-person indicative present
- schippere first-person indicative present
- schipper first-person indicative present
- schipperst indicative present second-person
- schipperest second-person singular subjunctive
- schipprest second-person singular subjunctive
- schipperet plural second-person subjunctive
- schippret plural second-person subjunctive
- schipperten first-person indicative plural
- schippertest indicative preterite second-person
- schippertet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce schippern?
- /ˈʃɪpɐn/
- [ˈʃɪpɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is schippern in German?
schippern appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).