schupfen

See also: Schupfen

German

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃʊpfn̩/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: schup‧fen

Verb

schupfen (weak, third-person singular present schupft, past tense schupfte, past participle geschupft, auxiliary haben)

  1. (Austria, Bavaria, Switzerland) to shove (push roughly)
    Synonyms: schubsen, stoßen
  2. (Austria, Bavaria, Switzerland) to toss something; to throw lightly
    Synonym: werfen
    Schupf den Ball her!Throw me the ball!
  3. (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

Further reading

  • schupfen” in Duden online
  • schupfen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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