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The German word for to push is
schieben





to push

German Definition


push
     Verb:
     [1] etwas oder jemand schieben, drängeln, stoßen
          [1] He pushed his plate away from him.
            Er schob seinen Teller weg.

Translations for push and their definitions

Stoß
     n. push, shove, bump
     n. stack, pile
     n. (hunting) the rectrices (the flight feathers on the tails of birds)


Drücken
     n. dative plural of Druck
     v. to press; to push (e.g., a door handle)
          Drück diesen Knopf nicht! - Don't press that button!
     v. to squeeze; to hug (somebody)
          Sie drückte liebevoll meine Hand. - She squeezed my hand affectionately.
          Richten Sie die Waffe und drücken Sie den Abzug. - Aim the gun and pull the trigger.
     v. to shirk; to avoid (work or responsibility)
          Er hat sich in letzter Zeit vor seinen Aufgaben gedrückt. - He's been shirking his chores lately.
     v. (slang) to shoot (to inject a drug)


schieben
     v. to push; to shove
     v. to slide; to slip; to put
     v. to push
     v. to traffic (something); to profiteer; to racketeer


Schubs
     n-m. shove (an instance of shoving)
     n. genitive singular of Schub


Drängen
     n. gerund of drängen
     n. dative plural of Drang
     v. to press, to push


Druck
     n. pressure (+Drücke)
          unter Druck stehen - to be under pressure
     n. print (+Drucke)
     n. (slang) fix (drug injection)
     v. singular imperative of drucken


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