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Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German schaffen, from Old High German scaffan, scafan, scaphan, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną. Compare German schaffen, Dutch scheppen and English shape.
Pronunciation
Verb
schaffe
- to manage, to cope with; to (be able to) make, do; to finalize, complete something
- Juhu! Mer händs gschafft! ― Yeah! We made it!
- to work, labor
- Synonyms: wäärche, bügle
- Wo schaffsch (du)? ― Where do you work?
- Bisch am schaffe? ― Are you working?
- I(ch) gang go (ge, ge, gi, gu) schaffe. ― I am going to work.
- Gang go schaffe! ― Go to work!
2017, Stefanie Grob, ‘Im Coop ar Kasse’, Härzschmärz, page 45:Er sig egau, i was für me Coop dass me schaffi, seit d Eliane immer, es gseji ja aui gliich uus.- It doesn't matter which branch of Coop you work in, Eliane always says, everything always looks the same.
Derived terms
Further reading
- Werner Marti (1968) Work - Work: a complex of words in the language of the Bernese Seeland, Volume 13 of Language and Poetry, Language and Poetry, transl., Wäärche - Schaffe: ein Wortfeldkomplex in der Sprache des bernischen Seelandes; Band 13 von Sprache und Dichtung, Sprache und Dichtung (in German), Haupt, →ISSN Invalid ISSN
- (PDF) Zeitschrift "Schweizerdeutsch", Nummer 3/2010 (journal "Swissgerman", number 3/2010), page 13, 16
- “schaffe”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2024
Dutch
Verb
schaffe
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of schaffen
German
Pronunciation
Verb
schaffe
- inflection of schaffen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Verb
schaffe
- to work, to labor
Wo schaffst-du?- Where do you work?
Sie schaffd die ganz Nacht.- She works all night.
Unser Fatter hod zwanzich Joher dart gechaffd.- Our father worked for twenty years there.
- to solve, to fix
Er hod’s geschaffd.- He solved it.
Kannst-du es bis moie frih schaffe?- Can you fix it by tomorrow morning?
Inflection
| Regular
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| infinitive
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schaffe
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| participle
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geschaffd
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| auxiliary
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hon
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present
indicative
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imperative
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| ich
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schaffe
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—
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| du
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schaffst
|
schaff
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| er/sie/es
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schaffd
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—
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| meer
|
schaffe
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—
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| deer
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schaffd
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schaffd
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| sie
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schaffe
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—
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| The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.
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Derived terms
Further reading
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Compare German schaffen, Dutch scheppen, English shape.
Pronunciation
Verb
schaffe
- to work, to labor
Conjugation
Sathmar Swabian
Verb
schaffe
- to make
References
- Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)