# shine

> German word · Verb · IPA [ʃaɪn] · frequency rank #33,293

## Definitions
1. scheinen
2. glänzen
3. etwas polieren
4. glänzen, brillieren

## Easily confused with
- **sie** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-sie)
- **sin** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-sin)
- **sind** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-sind)
- **Sinn** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-sinn)
- **shit** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-shit)
- **sing** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-sing)
- **side** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-side)
- **Spin** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-spin)
- **site** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-site)
- **skin** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-skin)
- **size** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-size)
- **sone** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-sone)
- **sint** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-sint)
- **ship** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-ship)
- **Sire** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-sire)
- **Sinne** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-sinne)
- **Sonne** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-sonne)
- **Szene** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-szene)
- **shirt** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-shirt)
- **Söhne** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/shine-vs-sohne)

## Common misspellings (7)
`hsine`, `shhine`, `shien`, `shinne`, `shnie`, `sihne`, `sshine`

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