schaffen

See also: Schaffen

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from German schaffen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsxɑfə(n)/

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Verb

schaffen

1. (transitive) to procure
2. (transitive) to serve up

   Eten wat de pot schaft.

   To eat whatever is served.

Inflection

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

Derived terms

• aanschaffen
• afschaffen

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃafən]
• Hyphenation: schaf‧fen
• Rhymes: -afn̩

Etymology 1

From Middle High German schaffen, from Old High German scaffan, scafan, scaphan, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną. Compare Dutch scheppen and English shape.

Verb

1. (transitive) to create; to produce; to make; to cause; to establish
   • 1919, Rudolf Steiner, Allgemeine Menschenkunde als Grundlage der Pädagogik, Dornach, 1992, p.143

     Es kann aber nur Abhilfe geschaffen werden, wenn der Lehrer, der Unterrichtende, sich selbst fortwährend herausheben will aus dem Hausbackenen, Pedantischen, Philiströsen.

     This can only be solved if the teacher constantly releases himself from -- or lifts himself out of -- what is unadventurous, pedantic, narrow-minded.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• abschaffen
• anschaffen
• beschaffen
• erschaffen
• fortschaffen
• rechtschaffen

• Schaffen
• schaffend
• Schaffensdrang
• Schaffenskraft
• verschaffen
• wegschaffen

Related terms

• schöpfen

Etymology 2

Verb

1. (transitive) to manage; to cope with

   Kannst du es um 9 Uhr schaffen?

   Can you make it at 9 a.m.

2. (transitive) to finish smth. successfully; to succeed with; to accomplish

   Sie hat die Prüfung geschafft.

   She passed the exam.

3. (transitive) to convey; to carry; to take

   etwas aus der Welt schaffen ― to get rid of something (literally, “to take something out of the world”)

4. (intransitive, colloquial) to work; to busy oneself

Synonyms

• (to manage, succeed with): hinkriegen
• (to create): hervorbringen, bewirken

Derived terms

• frohes Schaffen
• jemandem zu schaffen machen

Further reading

• “schaffen” in Duden online

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *skapjaną. Cognate with German schaffen, Dutch scheppen, English shape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃɑfən/

Verb

schaffen (third-person singular present schafft, past participle geschafft, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (intransitive) to work
2. (transitive) to do, to perform
3. (intransitive) to function, to work

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive	schaffen
participle	geschafft
auxiliary	hunn
	present indicative	imperative
1st singular	schaffen	—
2nd singular	schaffs	schaff
3rd singular	schafft	—
1st plural	schaffen	—
2nd plural	schafft	schafft
3rd plural	schaffen	—
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.