verschieben
German, verb
verschieben is spelled V-E-R-S-C-H-I-E-B-E-N (11 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,412th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Verschieben is a German verb meaning “to move, to shift” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Verschieben is a different word: “gerund of verschieben”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas über den Boden schiebend von einem an einen anderen Ort bewegen”.
What does verschieben mean in English?
verb
- 1
to move, to shift
- 2
to postpone, to adjourn
noun
- 1
neutergerund of verschieben
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas über den Boden schiebend von einem an einen anderen Ort bewegen 2. etwas zu einem späteren Zeitpunkt stattfinden lassen 3. verbotenerweise Produkte auf einem schwarzen Markt veräußern 4. verändern von Gewichtungen
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 verschieben
- verschiebt present singular third-person
- verschob past
- verschoben participle past
- verschöbe past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 2 strong
- verschiebend participle present
- verschiebe first-person indicative present
- verschiebst indicative present second-person
- verschiebest second-person singular subjunctive
- verschiebet plural second-person subjunctive
- verschöben first-person formal plural
- verschobst indicative preterite second-person
- verschobt indicative plural preterite
- verschöbest formal rare second-person
- verschöbst formal rare second-person
- verschöbet formal plural rare
- verschöbt formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to verschieben
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is verschieben in German?
verschieben appears 11 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).