schubsen
German, verb
schubsen is spelled S-C-H-U-B-S-E-N (8 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,977th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schubsen is a German verb meaning “to shove (to give a rough push, especially to another person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schubsen is a different word: “dative plural of Schubs”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “leicht anstoßen, so dass das, was berührt wird, sich auch bewegt”.
What does schubsen mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto shove (to give a rough push, especially to another person)
Mein Bruder hat mich ins Wasser geschubst.
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Schubs
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. leicht anstoßen, so dass das, was berührt wird, sich auch bewegt
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 schubsen
- schubst present singular third-person
- schubste past
- geschubst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schubsend participle present
- schubse first-person indicative present
- schubsest second-person singular subjunctive
- schubset plural second-person subjunctive
- schubsten first-person indicative plural
- schubstest indicative preterite second-person
- schubstet indicative plural preterite
- schubs imperative second-person singular
- habe geschubst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschubst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schupsen alternative
- schubs! imperative singular
- schubse! imperative singular
- schubst! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schubsen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schubsen in German?
schubsen appears 1.4 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).