Erscheinung

German

Etymology

erscheinen (“to appear”) +‎ -ung

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛɐ̯ˈʃaɪ̯nʊŋ/
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Noun

Erscheinung f (genitive Erscheinung, plural Erscheinungen)

  1. appearance (way of being perceived by others)
  2. apparition, vision (act or instance of becoming perceptible, especially of something transcendent)
  3. phenomenon (something that happens widely or repeatedly)
    Synonym: Phänomen
  4. (rare) emergence, occurrence (act of happening, of becoming real or palpable)
    Synonyms: Erscheinen, Entstehung, Hervortreten

Declension

Declension of Erscheinung [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Erscheinung die Erscheinungen
genitive einer der Erscheinung der Erscheinungen
dative einer der Erscheinung den Erscheinungen
accusative eine die Erscheinung die Erscheinungen

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