Verb

schaffen

Translation

to manage, to accomplish, to create, to make it

Wir haben die Prüfung geschafft.

We managed to pass the exam.

Gott schuf Himmel und Erde.

God created heaven and earth.

Kannst du den Koffer nach oben schaffen?

Can you get the suitcase upstairs?

Der Zug schafft es pünktlich.

The train makes it on time.

((sth.)) to manage, accomplish (sth.) I managed the work.

((sth.)) to create (sth.) God created the world.

((sth.)) ((to place)) to take/bring (sth.) (somewhere) He takes the money to the bank.

Synonyms: bewältigen, erreichen; Antonyms: scheitern

Cognate with English 'shape'. Originally meant to create/shape.

Think of 'shaping' your destiny (creating) or simply 'getting it done'.