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Meet schieben

Read how the verb is used, then write your own 10 sentences with it.

All 4 meanings

  1. (transitive) to push; to shove
  2. (transitive) to slide; to slip; to put
  3. (intransitive) to push
  4. (transitive or intransitive, colloquial) to traffic (something); to profiteer; to racketeer
Forms

How schieben changes

PronounPräsensPräteritum
ichschiebeschob
duschiebstschobst
er/sie/esschiebtschob
wirschiebenschoben
ihrschiebtschobt
Sieschiebenschoben

Partizip II geschoben · Perfekt with haben

Three examples

  1. 1
    Ich schiebe den Termin auf morgen.I’m moving the appointment to tomorrow.Present, moving an appointment
  2. 2
    Sie hat den Wagen geschoben.She pushed the cart.Perfekt, pushing a cart
  3. 3
    Wir gehen zu Fuß, weil ich das Fahrrad schieben muss.We’re walking because I have to push the bicycle.Verb at the end after weil

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