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GERMAN VERB

scheinen

to seem; to shine

  • #58 most used
  • Strong verb
  • Past participle: geschienen

Conjugation

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Present

Präsens · now, habits and facts

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

Simple past

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

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

Perfect

Perfekt · the past of speech: “habe gemacht”

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

Future

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

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

Conditional

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

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

Imperative

Imperativ · requests and orders: du, ihr, Sie

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

How to use scheinen

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

  1. Present

    Die Sonne scheint, lass uns rausgehen!

    The sun is shining, let's go out!

  2. Simple past

    Er schien müde, aber er sagte nichts.

    He seemed tired, but he didn't say anything.

  3. Perfect

    Den ganzen Urlaub hat die Sonne geschienen.

    The sun shone the whole holiday.

  4. Future

    Morgen wird die Sonne wieder scheinen.

    The sun will shine again tomorrow.

  5. Conditional

    Ohne Wolken würde der Mond heller scheinen.

    Without clouds the moon would shine brighter.

  6. Imperative

    Sonne, schein doch endlich mal wieder!

    Sun, come on and shine again at last!

Good to know

  • Es scheint, dass… is it seems that…; Die Sonne scheint, the sun is shining.

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The same pattern, on other verbs: strong verb.