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Frida schafft den Weg zur Post in fünf Minuten. Frida makes it to the post office in five minutes.

verb · A2

schaffen

[ˈʃafn̩]

to manage, to make it, to get done

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es schafft What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es schaffte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat geschafft The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich schaffeschafftehabe geschafft
du schaffstschafftesthast geschafft
er/sie/es schafftschafftehat geschafft
wir schaffenschafftenhaben geschafft
ihr schafftschafftethabt geschafft
sie/Sie schaffenschafftenhaben geschafft
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte geschafftwerde schaffenwerde geschafft haben
du hattest geschafftwirst schaffenwirst geschafft haben
er/sie/es hatte geschafftwird schaffenwird geschafft haben
wir hatten geschafftwerden schaffenwerden geschafft haben
ihr hattet geschafftwerdet schaffenwerdet geschafft haben
sie/Sie hatten geschafftwerden schaffenwerden geschafft haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich schaffte
du schafftest
er/sie/es schaffte
wir schafften
ihr schafftet
sie/Sie schafften
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde schaffen.

Person Imperativ
du schaff!
ihr schafft!
Sie schaffen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

schaff root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

geschafft

In Otti's situations: Frida runs errands

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