schaffen
to manage / to get done
- Past (Präteritum)
- schaffte
- Past participle
- geschafft (haben)
This weak verb is used with haben when meaning to accomplish or succeed in a task. It describes the capacity to complete work or endure effort. It is strictly distinguished from the strong verb schaffen (participle geschaffen), which denotes the act of creation, as in artistic or divine creation, and takes irregular forms like schuf and geschaffen.
Conjugation
Present
- schafft
- present, singular, third-person
- schaffe
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- schaffen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- schaffst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
- schaff
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
Past
- schuf
- past
- schufen
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- schufst
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- schuft
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
- schaffte
- past
- schafften
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- schafftest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- schafftet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- schaffe
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- schaffen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- schaffest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- schaffet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- schüfe
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- schüfen
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- schüfest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- schüfst
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- schüfet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- schüft
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe geschaffen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben geschaffen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest geschaffen
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet geschaffen
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte geschaffen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten geschaffen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest geschaffen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet geschaffen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde schaffen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden schaffen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest schaffen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet schaffen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde schaffen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden schaffen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest schaffen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet schaffen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde geschaffen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden geschaffen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest geschaffen haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet geschaffen haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- schaff
- imperative, second-person, singular
- schaffe
- imperative, second-person, singular
- schafft
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- geschaffen
- participle, past
- schaffend
- participle, present
- geschafft
- participle, past
Infinitive
- schaffen
- infinitive
Other
- habe geschaffen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben geschaffen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast geschaffen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt geschaffen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat geschaffen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte geschaffen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten geschaffen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest geschaffen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet geschaffen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- schaffen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde schaffen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden schaffen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst schaffen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet schaffen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird schaffen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- geschaffen haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde geschaffen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden geschaffen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst geschaffen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet geschaffen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird geschaffen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- schöpfen
- alternative, archaic
- habe geschafft
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben geschafft
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast geschafft
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt geschafft
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat geschafft
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte geschafft
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten geschafft
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest geschafft
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular