Polyglot Dictionary

schaffen

/ˈʃafn̩/

verb A2

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

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (3rd sg.)
schafft
past
schaffte
perfect
hat geschafft

Meaning

  1. to manage, to accomplish, to make it

    Everyday, colloquial "to manage/get done" — "Ich schaffe das" (I can manage/handle it). A separate, older, irregular schaffen (schuf, geschaffen) means "to create," but this everyday sense is by far the more common one.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Practice

1 What does schaffen mean?

2 Fill the gap: Wir haben es ___!

3 Which fingerprint chart matches schaffen?

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