erschaffen
German, verb
erschaffen is spelled E-R-S-C-H-A-F-F-E-N (10 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written German, the 7,885th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erschaffen is a German verb meaning “to create; to produce; to make” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Erschaffen is a different word: “gerund of erschaffen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch eigene kreative Kraft entstehen lassen”.
What does erschaffen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to create; to produce; to make
noun
- 1
neutergerund of erschaffen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. durch Herstellungsprozess/Akt der Schöpfung hervorgebracht
verb: 1. durch eigene kreative Kraft entstehen lassen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of erschaffen
- erschafft present singular third-person
- erschuf past
- erschüfe past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 6 strong
- erschaffend participle present
- erschaffe first-person indicative present
- erschaffst indicative present second-person
- erschaffest second-person singular subjunctive
- erschaffet plural second-person subjunctive
- erschufen first-person indicative plural
- erschüfen first-person formal plural
- erschufst indicative preterite second-person
- erschuft indicative plural preterite
- erschüfest formal rare second-person
- erschüfst formal rare second-person
- erschüfet formal plural rare
- erschüft formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to erschaffen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is erschaffen in German?
erschaffen appears 8.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).