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Conjugation of the German verb scheinen

A list of the common conjugations for the German verb scheinen, along with their English translations.

Infinitive		Scored
scheinen	to seem

Present		Scored
ich scheine	I seem
du scheinst	you seem
er scheint	he seems
sie scheint	she seems
wir scheinen	we seem
ihr scheint	you seem
sie scheinen	they seem

Preterite / Präteritum This is more a literary tense, i.e. a tense used in writing, in everyday speech the Perfekt is used to refer to past actions.		Scored
ich schien	I seemed
du schienst	you seemed
er schien	he seemed
sie schien	she seemed
wir schienen	we seemed
ihr schient	you seemed
sie schienen	they seemed

Past / Perfekt		Scored
ich habe geschienen	I seemed
du hast geschienen	you seemed
er hat geschienen	he seemed
es hat geschienen	she seemed
wir haben geschienen	we seemed
ihr habt geschienen	you seemed
sie haben geschienen	they seemed

Pluperfect / Plusquamperfekt		Scored
ich hatte geschienen	I had seemed
du hattest geschienen	you had seemed
er hatte geschienen	he had seemed
es hatte geschienen	she had seemed
wir hatten geschienen	we had seemed
ihr hattet geschienen	you had seemed
sie hatten geschienen	they had seemed

Future		Scored
ich werde scheinen	I will seem
du wirst scheinen	you will seem
er wird scheinen	he will seem
sie wird scheinen	she will seem
wir werden scheinen	we will seem
ihr werdet scheinen	you will seem
sie werden scheinen	they will seem

Future Perfect / Futur II The German Future Perfect or Futur II is constructed similarly to English, with the present tense of werden (will), the past participle of the verb and the auxiliary verb haben or sein at the end of the clause.		Scored
ich werde geschienen haben	I will have seemed
du wirst geschienen haben	you will have seemed
er wird geschienen haben	he will have seemed
es wird geschienen haben	she will have seemed
wir werden geschienen haben	we will have seemed
ihr werdet geschienen haben	you will have seemed
sie werden geschienen haben	they will have seemed

Conditional		Scored
ich würde scheinen	I would seem
du würdest scheinen	you would seem
er würde scheinen	he would seem
sie würde scheinen	she would seem
wir würden scheinen	we would seem
ihr würdet scheinen	you would seem
sie würden scheinen	they would seem

Conditional Perfect / Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II The German Conditional Perfect or Plusquamperfekt Konjunktiv II is constructed with the Konjunktiv II tense of the auxiliary verb haben or sein and the past participle.		Scored
ich hätte geschienen	I would have seemed
du hättest geschienen	you would have seemed
er hätte geschienen	he would have seemed
es hätte geschienen	she would have seemed
wir hätten geschienen	we would have seemed
ihr hättet geschienen	you would have seemed
sie hätten geschienen	they would have seemed

Konjunktiv II / Subjunctive II		Scored
ich schiene	I would seem
du schienest	you would seem
er schiene	he would seem
sie schiene	she would seem
wir schienen	we would seem
ihr schienet	you would seem
sie schienen	they would seem

Imperative		Scored
scheine	Seem
scheinen wir	Let's seem
scheint	Seem

Present Participle		Scored
scheinend	seeming

Past Participle		Scored
geschienen	seemed

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