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Schiebt

Schiebt is the third-person singular present tense form of the German verb schieben, meaning to push or to move something by applying force. The verb can also be used metaphorically to indicate delaying or postponing something, as in the common expression Auf die lange Bank schieben, which means to put off or procrastinate.

In standard usage, schiebt appears in sentences such as Er schiebt den Wagen vor sich her (He

Orthography and capitalization follow German rules: schiebt is typically written in lowercase when used as a

Summary: Schiebt is a verb form, not a standalone noun, describing pushing or postponing actions in German,

pushes
the
cart
in
front
of
him)
or
Sie
schiebt
den
Koffer
zur
Seite
(She
pushes
the
suitcase
to
the
side).
The
form
schiebt
is
also
used
as
the
imperative
for
addressing
multiple
people,
i.e.,
Schiebt!
meaning
Push!
in
plural
imperative.
Other
conjugations
include
ich
schiebe,
du
schiebst,
wir
schieben,
ihr
schiebt,
and
sie
schieben,
with
schiebt
serving
the
third-person
singular
present.
verb,
since
verbs
are
not
capitalized
unless
they
appear
at
the
beginning
of
a
sentence.
The
capitalized
form
Schiebt
would
only
occur
if
the
word
begins
a
sentence
or
is
used
as
a
title.
In
some
contexts,
Schiebt
may
conceivably
appear
as
a
proper
noun
(for
example
as
a
surname
or
a
fictional
place
name),
but
such
uses
are
not
established
as
standard
meanings
of
the
term.
and
it
functions
within
the
regular
conjugation
patterns
of
schieben.