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GERMAN VERB

erscheinen

to appear

  • #78 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: erschienen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

  1. ich I appear
  2. du you appear
  3. er, sie, es he/she appears
  4. wir we appear
  5. ihr you all appear
  6. sie, Sie they appear

Simple past

Präteritum · the past of writing, and of sein, haben and the modals in speech

  1. ich I appeared
  2. du you appeared
  3. er, sie, es he/she appeared
  4. wir we appeared
  5. ihr you all appeared
  6. sie, Sie they appeared

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

  1. ich I have appeared
  2. du you have appeared
  3. er, sie, es he/she has appeared
  4. wir we have appeared
  5. ihr you all have appeared
  6. sie, Sie they have appeared

Future

Futur I · “werden”; in speech the present with “morgen” does the job

  1. ich I will appear
  2. du you will appear
  3. er, sie, es he/she will appear
  4. wir we will appear
  5. ihr you all will appear
  6. sie, Sie they will appear

Conditional

Konjunktiv II · “would”: “würde”, and “wäre”, “hätte”, “könnte”

  1. ich I would appear
  2. du you would appear
  3. er, sie, es he/she would appear
  4. wir we would appear
  5. ihr you all would appear
  6. sie, Sie they would appear

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

  1. du appear!
  2. ihr appear! (all of you)
  3. Sie appear! (formal)

How to use erscheinen

One sentence for each tense, the way people say it.

  1. Present

    Das Buch erscheint nächsten Monat.

    The book comes out next month.

  2. Simple past

    Er erschien eine Stunde zu spät zur Party.

    He turned up an hour late to the party.

  3. Perfect

    Ihr neues Album ist gestern erschienen.

    Her new album came out yesterday.

  4. Future

    Wird der Artikel morgen in der Zeitung erscheinen?

    Will the article appear in the paper tomorrow?

  5. Conditional

    Das würde mir ein bisschen seltsam erscheinen.

    That would seem a bit strange to me.

  6. Imperative

    Erscheinen Sie bitte pünktlich zum Termin.

    Please turn up on time for the appointment.

Good to know

  • A book erscheint when it comes out; a person erscheint when they turn up.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.