schaften

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See also: Schäften and -schaften

Dutch

Etymology

A subsidiary form of schaffen (to serve up, supply).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

schaften

  1. to pause, rest, to take a break, especially so as to eat

Inflection

Conjugation of schaften (weak)
infinitive schaften
past singular schaftte
past participle geschaft
infinitive schaften
gerund schaften n
present tense past tense
1st person singular schaft schaftte
2nd person sing. (jij) schaft schaftte
2nd person sing. (u) schaft schaftte
2nd person sing. (gij) schaft schaftte
3rd person singular schaft schaftte
plural schaften schaftten
subjunctive sing.1 schafte schaftte
subjunctive plur.1 schaften schaftten
imperative sing. schaft
imperative plur.1 schaft
participles schaftend geschaft
1) Archaic.

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Fanagalo: skafu
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: skaf
  • Russenorsk: skaffom

Verb

schaften

  1. inflection of schaffen:
    1. plural past indicative
    2. (dated or formal) plural past subjunctive

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “schaften”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Middle English

Noun

schaften

  1. (Early Middle English) plural of schaft (creation)