schaffen

Meaning

to create; to produce; to make; to cause; to establish

Concepts

create

make

manage

produce

work

engender

accomplish

do

cause

establish

generate

induce

set up

build

get

form

found

finish

arrive

cope

bring about

construct

originate

provoke

raise

abolish

author

compose

transport

be conjugated

commit

be successful

reach the summit

sacrifice

succeed

command

govern

grasp

order

prove

reign

rule

take hold of

fulfil

affirm

assure

install

maintain

set

stabilize

support

end

invent

succeed in

achieve

shape

complete

fetch

reach

have

get along

get by

creative activity

pass

take

forge

father

give rise to

come up with

call

entail

eventuate

yield

draw

bear

appropriate

seize

take by storm

Hyphenated as

schaf‧fen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃafən/

Etymology

From Middle High German schaffen, from Old High German scaffan, scafan, scaphan, from Proto-West Germanic *skappjan. Compare Dutch scheppen and English shape.

Sentences

Daran ändert auch die Tatsache nichts , dass wir immer mehr Reichtümer schaffen .

And all the while, we have been generating more and more wealth.

Die zehntausend Sätze schaffen wir alle zusammen auch noch !

We can all do the ten thousand sentences together!

Deswegen konnte der Schurke sich unbehelligt daran zu schaffen machen .

That's why the villain was able to work on it unmolested.

Raffinierte Vereinbarungen schaffen weder Werte noch Wohlstand .

Sophisticated agreements create neither value nor prosperity.