(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈskɑ.faː/

skaffa (used only predicatively, comparative meer skaffa, superlative meest skaffa)

1. (slang) high (intoxicated with a drug other than alcohol)

   Synonyms: stoned, high

• skaffe

From Middle Low German schaffen, compare with German schaffen.

• IPA^(key): /²skɑfːɑ/

skaffa (present tense skaffar, past tense skaffa, past participle skaffa, passive infinitive skaffast, present participle skaffande, imperative skaffa/skaff)

1. to get, acquire, procure

   Kan du reisa til byen og skaffa meg noko fint å ha på meg til festen?

   Can you go to town and get me something nice to wear for the party?

• “skaffa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Old Swedish skaffa, from Middle High German schaffen, from Old High German scaffan (from scepfen, from Proto-West Germanic *skappjan. Cognate with Old Swedish skepja (see Swedish skapa)).

• Audio:

  (file)

skaffa (present skaffar, preterite skaffade, supine skaffat, imperative skaffa)

1. to get, to acquire, to procure

   skaffa ny dator

   get a new computer

   skaffa en tatuering

   get a tattoo

   skaffa fram uppgifter

   obtain information

2. to deal with (someone or something)

   Synonym: befatta sig

   Jag vill inte ha med honom att skaffa

   I want nothing to do with him

   Han ska få med mig att skaffa

   He will have to deal with me

3. (nautical) to eat

• “skaffa”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “skaffa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “skaffa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)