schupfen

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃʊpfn̩/

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• Hyphenation: schup‧fen

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.

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