שאַפֿן

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Yiddish

Etymology

From Old High German scaffan, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną. Cognate with German schafen, Dutch scheppen, English shape.

Pronunciation

Verb

שאַפֿן (shafn) (past participle געשאַפֿן (geshafn) or געשאַפֿט (geshaft))

  1. to create
    • 2013, ריני גערט-זאַנד, “קינדער-ביכער אויף קאַפּויער [Baby Books Backwards]”, in Forverts:
      די מחברטע האָט דערקלערט, אַז זי האָט, בעצם, געשאַפֿן אַ „קינדער-בוך אויף קאַפּויער‟.
      di mekhaberte hot derklert, az zi hot, betsm, geshafn a "kinder-bukh oyf kapoyer".
      The author explained that she had, in fact, created a "children's book backwards".

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