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 (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

• abschaffe, Abschaffe n
• usschaffe, Usschaffe n

Related terms

• Schaffe n
• 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, 1999–2024

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/

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 use of the present participle is uncommon, but can be made with the suffix -end.

Derived terms

• wechschaffe

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German schaffen, Dutch scheppen, English shape.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃafə/

Verb

schaffe

1. to work, to labor

Conjugation

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

Verb

schaffe

1. to make

References

• Claus Stephani, Volksgut der Sathmarschwaben (1985)