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erscheinen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • apparition noun A ghost or ghostlike figure; a sudden, strange appearance.
  • appear verb To come into view; to become visible.
  • appearance noun The way someone or something looks.
  • emerge verb To come out from somewhere hidden or enclosed, becoming visible.
  • spawn verb Of fish, frogs, or other aquatic creatures, to lay eggs in water.

Senses

erscheinen is used for these senses in English:

  • apparition An act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.
  • appear (intransitive) To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, etc.; to present oneself as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried.
  • appear (intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest.
  • appear (intransitive, copulative) To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look.
  • appearance The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye.
  • come up (intransitive) To come to attention and present oneself; to arrive or appear.
  • emerge (intransitive) To come into view.
  • show up (transitive) To make visible; to expose.

appear — full definition

  1. verb To come into view; to become visible.
  2. verb To seem or give the impression of being a certain way.
  3. verb To perform or take part publicly, as in a show, court case, or event.

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