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/ === Verb === schippern (weak, third-person singular present schippert, past tense schipperte, past participle geschippert, auxiliary haben or sein) (intransitive) to go by ship, to sail (usually slowly) [auxiliary sein] (transitive) to ship, to transport by ship [auxiliary haben] ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== Schipper === Further reading === “schippern” in Duden online