machen

to make, to produce, to create — an object, arrangement, situation, etc.

• Was wirst du jetzt machen?

  What are you going to make now?

  Tatoeba · Esperantostern · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Das Leben ist so, wie man es macht.

  Life is what you make it.

  Tatoeba · Manfredo · CC BY 2.0 FR

to make, prepare — food, drinks, etc.

• Es nicht schaffen, sich bereit zu machen, heißt sich bereit machen, es nicht zu schaffen.

  Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.

  Tatoeba · Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Ich habe ihr Frühstück gemacht.

  I prepared breakfast for her.

  Tatoeba · Yorwba · CC BY 2.0 FR

to do, perform, carry out (an action) (to execute; to put into operation)

• Das können Sie nicht machen.

  You cannot do this.

  Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Was hat er hier gemacht?

  What was he doing here?

  Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

to do (a noun); indicates an activity associated with a noun

to go (a specified sound) (to make the sound)

• Wir müssen das fertig machen, bevor wir nach Hause können.

  We've got to finish this before we can go home.

  Tatoeba · Pfirsichbaeumchen · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Ich glaube, das wird Spaß machen.

  I think it's going to be fun.

  Tatoeba · pne · CC BY 2.0 FR

to make, to cause

• Ich will keine Probleme machen.

  I don't want to cause problems.

  Tatoeba · Waldelfe · CC BY 2.0 FR

• Wir wollen keine Probleme machen.

  We don't want to cause any trouble.

  Tatoeba · Zaghawa · CC BY 2.0 FR

to cause [with dative ‘for/in someone’ and accusative abstract noun ‘fear, pain, difficulty, happiness, etc.’] — often translated idiomatically with English make followed by an adjective

to make — to cause to be

to make (to transform) [with accusative ‘something’ and aus (+ dative) ‘from something else’] (often translated idiomatically with English turn (something into something else))

to make (to have as a feature) (often not translated literally)