schäffen

From Middle High German scheffen, a byform of schepfen (or Central German scheppen), from Proto-West Germanic *skappjan. The form with -f- was generalized from certain ungeminated forms in the West Germanic paradigm. Most dialects of Central Franconian have schäppe, schöppe, but the f-form is found in much of western Moselle Franconian. Further cognate with German schöpfen, Dutch scheppen.

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃæfən]

schäffen (third-person singular present schäfft, past participle geschäfft, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. to scoop up, to draw (water etc.) with a bucket
2. (figurative) to draw (air)
3. (figurative) to draw, gain (strength, energy)

• schäfen

From Hebrew יָשַׁב (yasháv, “to sit”), possibly in the forms of שֶׁבֶת (shévet, “bare infinitive (infinitive construct or gerund)”), שֵׁב (shev, “Masculine singular imperative of יָשַׁב (yasháv)”), or another form.

schäffen

1. to be

   schäfft a lafer Hegel

   [he] is a bad man

2. to go
3. to sit
4. to live
5. to do

• Efing, Christian, Jenisch und Schausteller (2004) (link)