schaffe

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

• (Zürich) IPA^(key): /ˈʒ̊ɑfə/
• Hyphenation: schaf‧fe

Verb

schaffe

1. to manage, to cope with; to (be able to) make, do; to finalize, complete something

   Juhu! Mer händs gschafft! ― Yeah! We made it!

2. to work, labor

   Synonyms: wäärche, bügle

   Wo schaffsch? ― Where do you work?

   Bisch am schaffe? ― Are you working?

   Ich gang go 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

• abschaffe, Abschaffe n
• usschaffe, Usschaffe n

Related terms

• Schaffe n

See also

• Arbeit f
• Wäärche n

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 
• [1] (PDF) Zeitschrift "Schweizerdeutsch", Nummer 3/2010 (journal "Swissgerman", number 3/2010), page 13, 16
• “schaffe”, in Wörterbuch Berndeutsch-Deutsch (in German), berndeutsch.ch, 1999–2026

Dutch

Verb

schaffe

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of schaffen

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

schaffe

1. inflection of schaffen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃafə/
• Rhymes: -afə
• Syllabification: schaf‧fe

Verb

schaffe

1. 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.

2. 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

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 present participle is uncommonly used,
but can be made with the suffix -end.

Derived terms

• wechschaffe

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “schaffe”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Middle English

Noun

schaffe

1. (Catholicon Anglicum) alternative form of schef

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German schaffen, Alemannic German schaffe, Dutch scheppen, English shape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃafə/

Verb

schaffe

1. to work, to labor

Conjugation

Conjugation of schaffe (auxiliary hawwe)

infinitive (zu) schaffe zu-infinitive past participle geschafft hawwe progressive am Schaffe sei future tense schaffe waerde present subjunctive schaffe daede past subjunctive geschafft hedde present tense and simple future tense singular plural 1st person ich schaff mir schaffe 2nd person Lancaster du schaffscht dihr schafft Carbon ihr schafft Northampton ihr schaffe Lebanon dihr schaffe Lehigh nihr schaffe York dihr schaffet 3rd person er/sie/es schafft sie schaffe imperative schaff! schafft! Subordinate-clause forms present tense and simple future tense singular plural 1st person ass ich schaff ass mir schaffe 2nd person Lancaster ass du schaffscht ass dihr schafft Carbon ass ihr schafft Northampton ass ihr schaffe Lebanon ass dihr schaffe Lehigh ass nihr schaffe York ass dihr schaffet 3rd person ass er/sie/es schafft ass sie schaffe

Sathmar Swabian

Verb

schaffe

1. to make

References

• Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)