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Conjugation of the German verb schaffen

A list of the common conjugations for the German verb schaffen, along with their English translations.

Infinitive		Scored
schaffen	to create

Present		Scored
ich schaffe	I create
du schaffst	you create
er schafft	he creates
sie schafft	she creates
wir schaffen	we create
ihr schafft	you create
sie schaffen	they create

Preterite / Präteritum This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
ich schuf	I created
du schufst	you created
er schuf	he created
sie schuf	she created
wir schufen	we created
ihr schuft	you created
sie schufen	they created

Past / Perfekt		Scored
ich habe geschaffen	I created
du hast geschaffen	you created
er hat geschaffen	he created
es hat geschaffen	she created
wir haben geschaffen	we created
ihr habt geschaffen	you created
sie haben geschaffen	they created

Pluperfect / Plusquamperfekt		Scored
ich hatte geschafft	I had created
du hattest geschafft	you had created
er hatte geschafft	he had created
es hatte geschafft	she had created
wir hatten geschafft	we had created
ihr hattet geschafft	you had created
sie hatten geschafft	they had created

Future		Scored
ich werde schaffen	I will create
du wirst schaffen	you will create
er wird schaffen	he will create
sie wird schaffen	she will create
wir werden schaffen	we will create
ihr werdet schaffen	you will create
sie werden schaffen	they will create

Future Perfect / Futur II The German Future Perfect or Futur II is constructed similarly to English, with the present tense of werden (will), the past participle of the verb and the auxiliary verb haben or sein at the end of the clause.		Scored
ich werde geschafft haben	I will have created
du wirst geschafft haben	you will have created
er wird geschafft haben	he will have created
es wird geschafft haben	she will have created
wir werden geschafft haben	we will have created
ihr werdet geschafft haben	you will have created
sie werden geschafft haben	they will have created

Conditional		Scored
ich würde schaffen	I would create
du würdest schaffen	you would create
er würde schaffen	he would create
sie würde schaffen	she would create
wir würden schaffen	we would create
ihr würdet schaffen	you would create
sie würden schaffen	they would create

Conditional Perfect / Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II The German Conditional Perfect or Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II is constructed with the Konjunktiv II tense of the auxiliary verb haben or sein and the past participle.		Scored
ich hätte geschafft	I would have created
du hättest geschafft	you would have created
er hätte geschafft	he would have created
es hätte geschafft	she would have created
wir hätten geschafft	we would have created
ihr hättet geschafft	you would have created
sie hätten geschafft	they would have created

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich schüfe	I would create
du schafftest	you would create
er schüfe	he would create
sie schüfe	she would create
wir schüfen	we would create
ihr schafftet	you would create
sie schüfen	they would create

Imperative		Scored
schaff	Create
schaffen wir	Let's create
schafft	Create

Present Participle		Scored
schaffend	creating

Past Participle		Scored
geschaffen	created

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