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German
Etymology
From Middle High German schīnen, from Old High German skīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *skīnan. Cognates include German Low German schienen, Dutch schijnen, English shine, Danish skinne, Esperanto ŝajni.
Pronunciation
Verb
scheinen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present scheint, past tense schien, past participle geschienen or (obsolete or dialectal) gescheint, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to shine; to gleam
2001, “Sonne”, performed by Rammstein:Alle warten auf das Licht
Fürchtet euch, fürchtet euch nicht
Die Sonne scheint mir aus den Augen
Sie wird heut Nacht nicht untergehen
Und die Welt zählt laut bis zehn- All await the light
Be afraid, don't be afraid
The sun is shining out of my eyes
It won't set tonight
And the world counts aloud to ten
2002, Peter Bichsel, Eisenbahnfahren, Insel Verlag, published 2015, page 12:Wenn man aus der Kirche kommt, schneit es, oder es regnet, oder die Sonne scheint.- When you come out of the church, it's snowing, or it's raining, or the sun's shining.
- (copulative) to seem; to appear; to look
- Es scheint mir, dass … ― It seems to me that …
- Das scheint zu funktionieren. ― This seems to work.
- Du scheinst erschöpft. ― You seem exhausted.
1813, Der Landfreund: Ein Sonntagsblatt für den ehrenfesten Bauernstand, Mösle, page 143:Vom Erdboden bis zur Hälfte ihrer Höhe war sie dunkelgelb; der obere Theil hingegen, hat gescheint entzunden zu seyn.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
Conjugation of
scheinen (class 1
strong, auxiliary
haben)
1Obsolete or dialectal.
2Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
scheinen (class 1
strong, auxiliary
haben)
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