schaffe
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Alemannic German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Verb[edit]
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.
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Further reading[edit]
- 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
- [1] (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[edit]
Verb[edit]
schaffe
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Verb[edit]
schaffe
- inflection of schaffen:
Hunsrik[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
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[edit]
Regular | ||
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infinitive | schaffe | |
participle | geschaffd | |
auxiliary | hon | |
present indicative |
imperative | |
ich | schaffe | — |
du | schaffst | schaff |
er/sie/es | schaffd | — |
meer | schaffe | — |
deer | schaffd | schaffd |
sie | schaffe | — |
The use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end. |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
Pennsylvania German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compare German schaffen, Dutch scheppen, English shape.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
schaffe
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of schaffe
infinitive | schaffe | |
---|---|---|
past participle | hot gschafft | |
future tense | waerd schaffe | |
present tense | ||
1st person singular | schaff | |
2nd person singular | schaffscht | |
3rd person singular | schafft | |
1st person plural | schaffe | |
2nd person plural | schafft | |
3rd person plural | schaffe | |
imperative | schaff |
Sathmar Swabian[edit]
Verb[edit]
schaffe
- to make
References[edit]
- Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)
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