19th c., denominal fromSchubs,Schupps(“push”), fromSchupp(“push”) +-s(“intensive nominal ending”).Schupp (15th c.), in turn, is deverbal from northernMiddle High German andMiddle Low Germanschuppen, fromProto-Germanic*skuppōną, intensive form of*skeubaną, whence Germanschieben and Englishshove.
Doublet of now colloquial Germanschuppen andschupfen. Also cognate withBavarianschupfn,Dutchschoppen. The spelling with-b- by association with relatedSchub, which has a long vowel, however.
schubsen (weak,third-person singular presentschubst,past tenseschubste,past participlegeschubst,auxiliaryhaben)
| infinitive | schubsen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | schubsend | ||||
| past participle | geschubst | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ichschubse | wirschubsen | i | ichschubse | wirschubsen |
| duschubst | ihrschubst | duschubsest | ihrschubset | ||
| erschubst | sieschubsen | erschubse | sieschubsen | ||
| preterite | ichschubste | wirschubsten | ii | ichschubste1 | wirschubsten1 |
| duschubstest | ihrschubstet | duschubstest1 | ihrschubstet1 | ||
| erschubste | sieschubsten | erschubste1 | sieschubsten1 | ||
| imperative | schubs (du) schubse (du) | schubst (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative inwürde normally preferred.