Accordding to Langenscheidt, Oxford, Duden the verb has two past participles, but those have not mentioned when we shall use each one! because the meanings are also the same.
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5Depends on context.– πάντα ῥεῖSep 13 '19 at 15:23
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you mean depends on meaning in each context? just like what he has answered here?– ArminSep 13 '19 at 15:28
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Yes exactly. I voted to undelete the answer.– πάντα ῥεῖSep 13 '19 at 15:32
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For some reason @TheAwfulLanguage deletes a lot of their own answers. Since they deleted it themself, I wouldn't vote on undeleting.– infinitezeroSep 13 '19 at 17:04
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Another example is "schleifen", which means 1. "to drag sth. along" and 2. "to cut (a gemstone)". The past participle would be "geschleift" and "geschliffen" respsectively.– QBruteSep 14 '19 at 11:34
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"schaffen" has two meanings:
- to get something managed,
- to create, to produce something
"geschafft" is the past of the 1st,
"geschaffen" is the past of the 2nd
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2In Switzerland, AFAIK, schaffen is also used in the sense of "to work" (i.e., to have a job); though I wouldn't know what participle they use for that... Sep 14 '19 at 16:35
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1That's meaning is not limited to Switzerland. We use it in Northern Germany, too. Ich muss schaffen gehen. – Ich muss zur Arbeit gehen.– JankaSep 15 '19 at 12:26
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