scheinen

v/i; scheint, schien, hat geschienen; shine; (glänzen) gleam; die Sonne schien mir ins Gesicht the sun shone in my face; der Mond schien nicht there was no moon

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scheinen2

v/i; scheint, schien, hat geschienen; (den Anschein haben) seem; äußerlich: appear; er scheint müde / interessiert (zu sein) he seems (oder appears) to be tired / interested; es scheint mir it seems to me, I have the impression; er scheint nicht zu wollen oder mir scheint, er will nicht he doesn’t seem to want to; es scheint nur so it only seems (oder looks) like it (oder that way), that’s only an illusion; er scheint da zu sein he seems to be there, it looks as if he’s there; wie es scheint as it seems; am Satzanfang: it seems, it would seem; sind wir da? - scheint so umg. have we arrived? - it looks like it

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(den Anschein haben) to seem; to appear;

(strahlen) to shine

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schei|nen ['ʃainən] pret schien, [ʃiːn] ptp geschienen

vi

[gə'ʃiːnən]

1) (= leuchten) to shine

2) auch vi impers (= den Anschein geben) to seem, to appear

es scheint, dass .../als (ob) ... — it seems or appears that .../as if ...

mir scheint, (dass) ... — it seems or appears to me that ...

wie es scheint — as it seems, as it would appear, apparently

es scheint nur so — it only seems or appears to be like that

er kommt scheints nicht mehr (dial inf) — it would seem that he won't come now, seemingly he's not coming now

du hast scheints vergessen, dass ... (dial inf) — you seem to have forgotten that ...

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1) (to look or seem as if (something is the case): It appears that he is wrong; He appears to be wrong.) appear

2) shine

3) (to have the appearance or give the impression of being or doing: A thin person always seems (to be) taller than he really is; She seems kind; He seemed to hesitate for a minute.) seem

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schei·nen¹

<schien, geschienen>

[ˈʃainən]

vi

1. (leuchten) to shine

2. (strahlen) to shine

schei·nen²

<schien, geschienen>

[ˈʃainən]

vi

1. (den Anschein haben)

▪ etw zu sein \scheinen to appear [or seem] to be sth

▪ es scheint, dass/als [ob] ... it appears [or seems] that/as if ...

wie es scheint, hast du recht it appears [or seems] [that] you are right

2. (so vorkommen)

▪ jdm \scheinen, dass ... to appear [or seem] to sb that ...

mir scheint, dass es heute kälter ist als gestern it appears [or seems] to me that it's colder today than it was yesterday

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1.

unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

1) shine

2) (den Eindruck erwecken) seem; appear

mir scheint, [dass] ... — it seems or appears to me that ...

wie es scheint ... — apparently

2.

unregelmäßiges modifizierendes Verb seem; appear

jemand scheint etwas nicht tun zu können — somebody doesn't seem or appear to be able to do something; somebody can't seem to do something (coll.)

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scheinen¹ v/i; scheint, schien, hat geschienen; shine; (glänzen) gleam;

die Sonne schien mir ins Gesicht the sun shone in my face;

der Mond schien nicht there was no moon

scheinen² v/i; scheint, schien, hat geschienen; (den Anschein haben) seem; äußerlich: appear;

er scheint müde/interessiert (zu sein) he seems (oder appears) to be tired/interested;

es scheint mir it seems to me, I have the impression;

er scheint nicht zu wollen oder

mir scheint, er will nicht he doesn’t seem to want to;

es scheint nur so it only seems (oder looks) like it (oder that way), that’s only an illusion;

er scheint da zu sein he seems to be there, it looks as if he’s there;

wie es scheint as it seems; am Satzanfang: it seems, it would seem;

sind wir da? - scheint so umg have we arrived? - it looks like it

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1.

unregelmäßiges intransitives Verb

1) shine

2) (den Eindruck erwecken) seem; appear

mir scheint, [dass] ... — it seems or appears to me that ...

wie es scheint ... — apparently

2.

unregelmäßiges modifizierendes Verb seem; appear

jemand scheint etwas nicht tun zu können — somebody doesn't seem or appear to be able to do something; somebody can't seem to do something (coll.)

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v.

(§ p.,pp.: schien, geschienen)

= to appear v.

to seem v.

to shine v.

(§ p.,p.p.: shone)

or: shined•)