anscheinen
German, verb
anscheinen is spelled A-N-S-C-H-E-I-N-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anscheinen is a German verb meaning “to shine on someone or something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Anscheinen is a different word: “plural of Anschein”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “(jemanden oder etwas) mit einer Lichtquelle erhellen (besonders von der Sonne)”.
What does anscheinen mean in English?
verb
- 1
obsoleteto appear, to seem
- 2
to shine on someone or something
sich von der Sonne anscheinen lassen
noun
- 1
masculineplural of Anschein
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (jemanden oder etwas) mit einer Lichtquelle erhellen (besonders von der Sonne) 2. in Erscheinung treten, zu sehen sein
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of anscheinen
- scheint an present singular third-person
- schien an past
- angeschienen participle past
- haben auxiliary
- 1 strong
- anscheinend participle present
- anzuscheinen infinitive infinitive-zu
- scheine an first-person indicative present
- scheinen an first-person indicative plural
- scheinst an indicative present second-person
- scheinest an second-person singular subjunctive
- scheinet an plural second-person subjunctive
- schienen an first-person indicative plural
- schiene an first-person formal rare
- schienst an indicative preterite second-person
- schient an indicative plural preterite
- schienest an formal rare second-person
- schienet an formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is anscheinen in German?
anscheinen appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).