# schien vs Schienen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### schien
*verb · IPA [ʃiːn] · frequency rank #3,148*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs scheinen

### Schienen
*noun · IPA [ˈʃiːnən] · frequency rank #6,853*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Schiene

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/schien-vs-schienen