Polyglot Dictionary

scheinen

/ˈʃaɪ̯nən/

verb A2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

past
schien
perfect
hat geschienen

Meaning

  1. to shine

    of the sun or light

    • Die Sonne scheint.

      The sun is shining.

    • Die Sonne scheint den ganzen Tag. Wir gehen an den See.

      The sun shines all day. We are going to the lake.

  2. to seem, to appear

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Intransitive

Similar words

strahlen

Strahlen is to radiate or beam, light or a happy expression; scheinen is the plain word for "to shine" (the sun shines).

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

luzir

luzir is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to shine."

Portuguese

resplandecer

resplandecer is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to shine."

Practice

1 What does scheinen mean?

2 Which fingerprint chart matches scheinen?

See also

verbirregularcore-vocabularytwo-meanings

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