vorschieben

German

Etymology

vor- +‎ schieben

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfoːʁˌʃiːbən/, [ˈfoːɐ̯ˌʃiːbn̩]
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Verb

vorschieben (class 2 strong, third-person singular present schiebt vor, past tense schob vor, past participle vorgeschoben, past subjunctive schöbe vor, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive or reflexive) to push forward
  2. (transitive) to feed (to a machine)
  3. (transitive) to use as a pretext

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • etwas einen Riegel vorschieben

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