um alles zu schaffen

to get everything done

→ um

phrase Rare #39,560

to get everything done Used with um ... zu to express the goal or result of getting everything done. Schaffen here means to manage or accomplish something, not to create it.

GE: Wir müssen früh anfangen, um alles zu schaffen.

EN: We have to start early to get everything done.

Um alles zu schaffen, habe ich nicht genug Zeit.

I don't have enough time to get everything done.

Die Frist ist zu kurz, um alles zu schaffen.

The deadline is too short to get everything done.

Ich habe gar nicht genug Zeit, um alles zu schaffen.

I simply don't have enough time to get everything done.

Um alles zu schaffen, habe ich gar nicht genug Zeit.

To get everything done, I simply don't have enough time.

Es gibt zu viel zu tun, um alles zu schaffen.

There’s too much to do to get everything done.