schupfen
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German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German schupfen, from Proto-Germanic *skuppōną, intensive form of *skeubaną, whence German schieben and English shove. Doublet of now colloquial German schuppen. Also cognate with schubsen and Dutch schoppen. See also Bavarian schupfn.
Pronunciation
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[edit]schupfen (weak, third-person singular present schupft, past tense schupfte, past participle geschupft, auxiliary haben)
- (Austria, Bavaria, Switzerland) to shove (push roughly)
- (Austria, Bavaria, Switzerland) to toss something; to throw lightly
- Synonym: werfen
- Schupf den Ball her! ― Throw me the ball!
- (Austria, Bavaria, informal) to manage, to run, to organize
- Synonym: schmeißen
- Seit fast zwanzig Jahren schupfen sie den Laden. ― They've been running the business for almost twenty years.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | schupfen | ||||
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present participle | schupfend | ||||
past participle | geschupft | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich schupfe | wir schupfen | i | ich schupfe | wir schupfen |
du schupfst | ihr schupft | du schupfest | ihr schupfet | ||
er schupft | sie schupfen | er schupfe | sie schupfen | ||
preterite | ich schupfte | wir schupften | ii | ich schupfte1 | wir schupften1 |
du schupftest | ihr schupftet | du schupftest1 | ihr schupftet1 | ||
er schupfte | sie schupften | er schupfte1 | sie schupften1 | ||
imperative | schupf (du) schupfe (du) |
schupft (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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