Principal Forms
| Present, Sg.3 | schafft |
| Past Participle | gschafft |
Auxiliary
Alternative Forms
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. See: Middle High German '
schaffen', Old High German 'scaffan', Proto-Germanic '
*skapjaną', German, old spelling '
schaffen', Dutch '
scheppen', English '
shape'.
Verbs referencing "schaffe"
German, Pennsylvania
schaffe.
Sample Sentences
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Juhu! Mer händs gschafft! (Yeah! We made it!)
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Wo schaffsch? (Where do you work?)
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Bisch am schaffe? (Are you working?)
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Ich gang go schaffe. (I am going to work.)
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Gang go schaffe! (Go to work!)
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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.) [2017, Stefanie Grob, ‘Im Coop ar Kasse’, Härzschmärz, page 45:]