erscheinen

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German erschīnen, from Old High German irskīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *uʀskīnan. Equivalent to er- +‎ scheinen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈʃaɪ̯nən/
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  • Hyphenation: er‧schei‧nen

Verb

erscheinen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present erscheint, past tense erschien, past participle erschienen, auxiliary sein)

  1. to appear
    • 2017 March 30, Neue Zürcher Zeitung:
      Im Korruptionsskandal um eine ihrer Vertrauten ist Südkoreas frühere Präsidentin Park Geun Hye vor einem Ermittlungsrichter erschienen.
      In the corruption scandal surrounding one of her confidantes, South Korea's former President Park Geun-hye has appeared before an investigator.
  2. (intransitive, publishing) to come out, be released
  3. (copulative) to appear, to seem
    Diese Erklärung erscheint mir unmöglich.This explanation seems impossible to me.

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