schaffen.
to create, to call into being
Meaning & usage
to create, to call into being
Warum hat Gott die Welt geschaffen?
to create, make, form, shape
Wer schuf die Mona Lisa?
to create, produce, bring about, establish
Durch diese Maßnahmen haben wir die Voraussetzungen für weitere Fortschritte geschaffen.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German schaffen (strong verb), from Old High German scafan, scaffen, byform of skephen, from Proto-West Germanic *skappjan. The form with -f- was chiefly backformed from the past participle giscaffan, but was also influenced by the regular present conjugations du skeffis, er skeffit, and by the weak verb in etymology 2 below. The form skephen survives in the (now archaic) variant schöpfen. Cognate with Dutch scheppen, English shape.
to get done, to accomplish, achieve, to succeed with
Wir haben heute wieder viel geschafft.
Sie hat die Prüfung geschafft.
to manage, to make it
Kannst du es um 9 Uhr schaffen?
Du hast es geschafft!
to get, take, carry (something somewhere)
Er schaffte die Kisten in den Keller.
ein Missverständnis aus der Welt schaffen
to do, to busy oneself
Du hast hier nichts zu schaffen!
Die alte Geschichte macht mir noch zu schaffen.
to work
Ich schaffe in einer Fabrik.
Schaffe, schaffe, Häusle baue.
Where this word comes from
From Middle High German schaffen (weak verb), from Old High German skaffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *skapōn, from the same root as etymology 1 above. The semantic distinction between both conjugations only established itself clearly in Modern German.
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