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Etymology edit

er- +‎ scheinen

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈʃaɪ̯nən/
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  • Hyphenation: er‧schei‧nen

Verb edit

erscheinen (class 1 strong, third-person singular present erscheint, past tense erschien, past participle erschienen, auxiliary sein)

  1. to appear
    • 2017 March 30, Neue Zürcher Zeitung:
      Im Korruptionsskandal um eine ihrer Vertrauten ist Südkoreas frühere Präsidentin Park Geun Hye vor einem Ermittlungsrichter erschienen.
      In the corruption scandal surrounding one of her confidantes, South Korea's former President Park Geun-hye has appeared before an investigator.
  2. (intransitive, publishing) to come out, be released
  3. (copulative, with dative object) to appear, to seem (to someone)
    Diese Erklärung erscheint mir unmöglich.This explanation seems impossible to me.

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