schaffen

Meaning

1. (class-6, strong, transitive, usually) to create, to call into being
2. (class-6, strong, transitive, usually) to create, make, form, shape
3. (broadly, class-6, strong, transitive, usually) to create, produce, bring about, establish

Concepts

create

make

manage

produce

work

engender

cause

do

accomplish

generate

induce

set up

establish

finish

originate

found

form

arrive

get

bring about

build

construct

cope

raise

provoke

give rise to

govern

grasp

have

install

invent

maintain

order

pass

prove

reach

reign

rule

sacrifice

seize

set

shape

stabilize

succeed

support

take

take by storm

take hold of

yield

succeed in

Synonyms

erschaffen

erzeugen

machen

herstellen

kreieren

hervorbringen

bilden

verursachen

arbeiten

produzieren

erreichen

erstellen

gründen

schöpfen

leisten

errichten

hervorrufen

hinbekommen

vollenden

anfertigen

bringen

veranlassen

formen

erzielen

anlegen

bewältigen

bauen

zurechtkommen

entwickeln

verbringen

verfassen

✍️

umsetzen

einrichten

befördern

durchsetzen

schuften

führen zu

transportieren

vollbringen

packen

bewerkstelligen

meistern

erwirken

realisieren

fahren

bewirken

hinkriegen

erlangen

können

herbeiführen

Translations

creare

créer

crear

scheppen

maken

creëren

fazer

crear

produire

criar

faire

lograr

yapmak

yaratmak

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃafən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: schaffen

Inherited from Old High German: scaffan

Cognate with Dutch: scheppen

Cognate with English: shape

In summary

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.

Sentences

Die Wanne musste verbreitert werden , um Platz für die Kanone zu schaffen .

The tub had to be widened to make room for the cannon.

Dieser sollte nunmehr Ordnung in dem chaotischen Gotham schaffen .

This should now create order in the chaotic Gotham.