schafte

== Dutch == === Pronunciation === === Verb === schafte inflection of schaffen: singular past indicative (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of schaften == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English sċeaft, ġesċeaft (“creation”), from sċieppan; equivalent to schapen +‎ -the. The final vowel is generalised from the Old English oblique forms; forms without this reflect neuter ġesċeaft (accusative ġesċeaft) as well as apocope. ==== Alternative forms ==== sceaft, schaft, scheaft, shaft, shafte safte, scafte, scefte (Early Middle English); schefte (AB language): shaffte (Ormulum) schapþe (Gower); shapte, ssefþe, ssepþe (Kent); chaft (Northern) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈʃaft(ə)/ IPA(key): /ˈʃɛpθ(ə)/ (Kent) ==== Noun ==== schafte (plural schaftes or (early) schaften) A creation; something that has been created (by a deity) A creature or animal (especially a certain species) The form or appearance of something; how something looks. An element; a chemical component; an element. (rare) The totality of the universe (viewed as a divine creation). (rare) One's genitalia; the sex organs. ===== References ===== “shaft(e, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 August 2019. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== schafte alternative form of schaft (“shaft”)