German Verb Conjugations
SCHAFFEN: Conjugated in All Tenses
Past Tenses • Vergangenheit
The German verb schaffen (to create; make, manage) conjugated in all its tenses and moods
SCHAFFEN: Present > Past > Future > Subjunctive > All Verbs
Principal Parts 1: schaffen schuf geschaffen
Principal Parts 2: schaffen schaffte geschafft*
Imperative (Commands): (du) schaff! | (ihr) schafft! | schaffen Sie!
*See the explanation of this verb's two forms in the chart below.
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SCHAFFEN
Simple Past Tense - Imperfekt
| Strong and Weak Forms: The verb SCHAFFEN has two forms: strong and weak. In its meanings of "do, make, work, manage, accomplish," schaffen is a regular (weak) verb. In its meaning of "create," schaffen is an irregular (strong) verb with the past tense schuf and the past participle geschaffen. | |
| DEUTSCH | ENGLISH |
| SINGULAR | |
| ich schuf | I created |
| du schufst | you created |
| er schuf sie schuf es schuf |
he created she created it created |
| PLURAL | |
| wir schufen | we created |
| ihr schufet | you (guys) created |
| sie schufen | they created |
| Sie schufen | you created |
SCHAFFEN
Compound Past Tense (Pres. Perfect) - Perfekt
| DEUTSCH | ENGLISH |
| SINGULAR | |
| ich habe geschaffen | I created/have created |
| du hast geschaffen | you created/have created |
| er hat geschaffen sie hat geschaffen es hat geschaffen |
he created/has created she created/has created it created/has created |
| PLURAL | |
| wir haben geschaffen | we created/have created |
| ihr habt geschaffen | you (guys) created have created |
| sie haben geschaffen | they created/have created |
| Sie haben geschaffen | you created/have created |
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SCHAFFEN: Present > Past > Future > Subjunctive > All Verbs
schaffen
Past Perfect Tense - Plusquamperfekt
| DEUTSCH | ENGLISH |
| SINGULAR | |
| ich hatte geschaffen | I had created |
| du hattest geschaffen | you had created |
| er hatte geschaffen sie hatte geschaffen es hatte geschaffen |
he had created she had created it had created |
| PLURAL | |
| wir hatten geschaffen | we had created |
| ihr hattet geschaffen | you (guys) had created |
| sie hatten geschaffen | they had created |
| Sie hatten geschaffen | you had created |
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SCHAFFEN: Present > Past > Future > Subjunctive > All Verbs
If you want to look at other irregular verbs in the simple past and present perfect, see our German Strong Verbs pages.
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