Vocabulary
anscheinend
/ˈanʃaɪ̯nənt/· adverb
apparently
Anscheinend — what it looks like; scheinbar means it only looks like that.
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anscheinend
apparently
Anscheinend ist niemand zu Hause.
Apparently nobody's home.
Word family
anscheinendscheinento seemder Scheinappearancescheinbarseemingly (but not really)
Common combinations
- anscheinend nichtapparently not
- anscheinend schonapparently so
- anscheinend hat …apparently …
Common learner mistakes
- Scheinbar ist er krank (meaning: it seems he is).Anscheinend ist er krank.anscheinend = it seems so (probably true); scheinbar = only seemingly (not really).
Real examples
- Anscheinend hat sie den Zug verpasst.Apparently she missed the train.
- Der Laden ist anscheinend geschlossen.The shop is apparently closed.
- Er hat die Nachricht anscheinend nicht gelesen.He apparently didn't read the message.
