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Luxembourgish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle High German schaffen (strong verb), from Old High German *scaffan, byform of skephen, from Proto-Germanic *skapjaną. See German schaffen for more. Also cognate with Dutch scheppen, English shape, Icelandic skapa.

Verb

schafen (third-person singular present schaaft, past participle geschafen or geschaf or geschaaft, auxiliary verb hunn) (usually transitive)

  1. to create, call in to being
  2. to create, make, fashion, shape
Conjugation
More information infinitive, participle ...

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms
  • erschafen

Etymology 2

From Middle High German schaffen (weak verb), from Old High German scaffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *skapōn. Doublet of schaffen (“to work”).

Verb

schafen (third-person singular present schaaft, past participle geschaaft, auxiliary verb hunn)

  1. (chiefly with hunn and maachen) to do, to busy oneself
    Du hues hei näischt ze schafen!
    You have no business being here!
    (literally, “You have nothing to do here!”)
    Déi al Geschicht mécht mer nach ze schafen.
    That old story still troubles me.
    (literally, “That old story still gives me to busy myself [with].”)
  2. (chiefly in derivatives) to get, move, carry (something somewhere)
    Dee Problem hu mer aus der Welt geschaaft.
    We got that problem out of the world [i.e. solved it, got rid of it].
Conjugation
More information infinitive, participle ...

(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Derived terms
  • beschafen
  • erbäischafen
  • ewechschafen
  • ofschafen
  • uschafen
  • verschafen
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