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Schaffenskraft

creative energy

noun SHAF-ens-kraft Rare
Mind & Emotions Personality

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.

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