# seins vs shine

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### seins
*unknown · IPA [zaɪ̯ns] · frequency rank #15,475*
Nominativ Singular Neutrum bei nicht attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens sein

### shine
*verb · IPA [ʃaɪn] · frequency rank #33,293*
scheinen

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