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GERMAN VERB

schieben

to push, to shove

  • #227 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: geschoben

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I push
  2. du you push
  3. er, sie, es he/she pushes
  4. wir we push
  5. ihr you all push
  6. sie, Sie they push

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I pushed
  2. du you pushed
  3. er, sie, es he/she pushed
  4. wir we pushed
  5. ihr you all pushed
  6. sie, Sie they pushed

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have pushed
  2. du you have pushed
  3. er, sie, es he/she has pushed
  4. wir we have pushed
  5. ihr you all have pushed
  6. sie, Sie they have pushed

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will push
  2. du you will push
  3. er, sie, es he/she will push
  4. wir we will push
  5. ihr you all will push
  6. sie, Sie they will push

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would push
  2. du you would push
  3. er, sie, es he/she would push
  4. wir we would push
  5. ihr you all would push
  6. sie, Sie they would push

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du push!
  2. ihr push! (all of you)
  3. Sie push! (formal)

How to use schieben

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Ich schiebe den Kinderwagen, du trägst die Tasche.

    I'll push the pram, you carry the bag.

  2. Simple past

    Er schob das Fahrrad den Berg hinauf.

    He pushed the bike up the hill.

  3. Perfect

    Wir haben das Auto bis zur Tankstelle geschoben.

    We pushed the car to the petrol station.

  4. Future

    Ich werde den Tisch an die Wand schieben.

    I'll push the table against the wall.

  5. Conditional

    Allein würde ich das Sofa nicht schieben.

    Alone I wouldn't push the sofa.

  6. Imperative

    Schieb den Stuhl bitte etwas näher.

    Push the chair a little closer, please.

Good to know

  • Schieben is pushing something along, a cart or a bike; "verschieben" is postponing.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.