Also means
productive drive
Usage Note
Schaffenskraft joins schaffen (to create) and Kraft (force) to name the energy to create and produce. It is often used of artists and entrepreneurs, as in ungebrochene Schaffenskraft. Rarely pluralised.
Examples
"Bis ins hohe Alter bewahrte er seine Schaffenskraft."
Natural Translation
He preserved his creative energy into old age.
Literal Translation
Until into high age preserved he his creative-energy.
Related Words
- Abgeklärtheit serenity, mature composure, detached calm
- Anmaßung presumption, arrogance, overstepping
- Aufgeschlossenheit open-mindedness, receptiveness
- Bedachtheit deliberateness, thoughtful care, circumspection
- Begeisterungsfähigkeit capacity for enthusiasm
- Beharrungsvermögen tenacity, perseverance
- Beharrungswille persistence, determination to persist
- Beherrschtheit self-control, composure
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