Polyglot Dictionary

erschaffen

/ɛɐ̯ˈʃafn̩/

verb B1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present
erschafft
past
erschuf
perfect
hat erschaffen

Meaning

  1. to create

    More literary/elevated than schaffen.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

crear

crear is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "to create."

French

créer

créer is the French word for the same thing — both mean "to create."

Practice

1 What does erschaffen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Der Künstler ___ ein Meisterwerk.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches erschaffen?

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