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Am Morgen scheint die Sonne am See. In the morning, the sun shines at the lake.

verb · A1

scheinen

[ˈʃaɪ̯nən]

to shine

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Other Examples

  • Die Sonne scheint mir ins Gesicht.

    The sun is shining in my face.

  • Scheint bei euch auch die Sonne?

    Is the sun shining where you are too?

  • Die Sonne scheint, und Frida fährt an den See.

    The sun is shining, and Frida is cycling to the lake.

  • Gestern hat die Sonne nicht geschienen.

    The sun didn't shine yesterday.

  • Der Mond scheint in Ottis Zimmer.

    The moon is shining into Otti's room.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es scheint What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es schien The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat geschienen The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich scheineschienhabe geschienen
du scheinstschiensthast geschienen
er/sie/es scheintschienhat geschienen
wir scheinenschienenhaben geschienen
ihr scheintschienthabt geschienen
sie/Sie scheinenschienenhaben geschienen
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte geschienenwerde scheinenwerde geschienen haben
du hattest geschienenwirst scheinenwirst geschienen haben
er/sie/es hatte geschienenwird scheinenwird geschienen haben
wir hatten geschienenwerden scheinenwerden geschienen haben
ihr hattet geschienenwerdet scheinenwerdet geschienen haben
sie/Sie hatten geschienenwerden scheinenwerden geschienen haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich schiene
du schienest
er/sie/es schiene
wir schienen
ihr schienet
sie/Sie schienen
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du schein!
ihr scheint!
Sie scheinen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

schein root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

der Scheinder Sonnenscheinder Mondschein

In Otti's situations: Otti and the weather

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