schieben
\ˈʃiː.bn̩\
The verdict
“schieben” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Faire glisser, pousser.
Corpus desk
Index FR-schieben · schieben · French
schieben · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | schieben |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈʃiː.bn̩\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « schieben » en français
Rare enough to double-check
schieben is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈʃiː.bn̩\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 6 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for schieben in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is schieben, spelled S-C-H-I-E-B-E-N.
Definition
- 1Faire glisser, pousser.
- 2Se bouger, parlant de quelque chose inerte et lente.
- 3Rendre quelqu'un responsable pour un fait aperçu comme négatif.
- 4Ajourner.
- 5Arranger und affaire de manière illégale ou immorale.
- 6faire un commerce illégal, faire de la contrebande.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how schieben appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Detlef hat vergessen zu tanken. Deshalb musste er sein Auto zur Tankstelle schieben.
»(...) Sein Minimum (ist) zweihundertfünfzig Dollar pro Partie.« Ich lachte. »Auf diesen Gedanken wäre ich eigentlich nie geraten, daß Figuren von Schwarz auf Weiß zu schieben ein derart einträgliches Geschäft sein kann. Nun, ich hoffe, Sie haben sich ebenso höflich empfohlen.«
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.