schippern

German

Etymology

From Low German, from Schipper (“captain, one in charge of a boat”), from Middle Low German schipper, alteration of schēper, from Proto-Germanic *skipārijaz, whence also German Schiffer. Compare Dutch schipperen (“to manoeuvre, sort out, cope”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃɪpɐn/
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Verb

schippern (third-person singular simple present schippert, past tense schipperte, past participle geschippert, auxiliary sein)

  1. to go by ship, to sail (usually slowly)
    Wir sind gemütlich über den Atlantik geschippert.
    We sailed comfortably over the Atlantic.

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