 | English  | German | |
| – |
 | to seem | 6116 scheinen [den Anschein geben] | |
| to seem | 649 erscheinen [scheinen, wirken] | |
| to seem | 354 wirken [erscheinen] | |
| to seem | 330 anmuten | |
| to seem | 59 dünken [veraltend] | |
| to seem | 31 deuchen [veraltend] | |
| Nouns |
| seem | 402 Anschein {m} | |
| 2 Words: Verbs |
| to seem false [insincere] | aufgesetzt wirken | |
| to seem hollow | hohl scheinen | |
| to seem impossible | unmöglich erscheinen | |
| to seem like | aussehen nach | |
| to seem likely | den Anschein haben | |
| to seem pleased | einen zufriedenen Eindruck machen | |
| to seem possible | möglich erscheinen | |
| to seem presumptuous | anmaßend erscheinen | |
| to seem presumptuous | überheblich wirken | |
| to seem to sb. | jdm. vorkommen [erscheinen, scheinen] | |
| 3 Words: Verbs |
| to seem odd to sb. | jdn. seltsam anmuten | |
| to seem on edge | genervt wirken [ugs.] | |
| to seem strange to sb. | jdm. komisch vorkommen [ugs.] [seltsam] | |
| to seem strange to sb. | jdn. / [seltener:] jdm. seltsam dünken [geh.] [veraltend] | |
| 4 Words: Others |
| as would seem natural {adv} | naheliegenderweise | |
| How did he seem? | Wie sah er aus? | |
| I seem to recall. <ISTR> | Ich glaube, mich zu erinnern. | |
| I seem to remember ... | Ich meine mich erinnern zu können, ... | |
| It would seem (that) ... | Es hat den Anschein, dass ... | |
| It would seem (that) ... | Es macht den Anschein, dass ... [schweiz.] | |
| It would seem so. | Es scheint so. | |
| It would seem that ... | Es scheint, als ob ... | |
| So it would seem. | Scheint so. | |
| 4 Words: Verbs |
| to seem (quite) a stretch [idiom] | (ziemlich) weit hergeholt erscheinen / scheinen [Redewendung] | |
| to seem out of place | fehl am Platze wirken | |
| 5+ Words: Others |
| Although it may seem absurd ... | Obwohl es vielleicht absurd scheint ... | |
| He didn't seem to be quite all here. | Er schien nicht ganz bei Sinnen zu sein. | |
| I can't seem to get this right. | Wie's aussieht, kriege ich das nie hin. [ugs.] | |
| I can't seem to remember for the life of me. | Ich kann mich beim besten Willen nicht daran erinnern. | |
| I seem to recall that ... | Ich meine mich zu erinnern, dass ... | |
| It would seem the thing to do. | Es bietet sich an, das zu tun. | |
| proverb Things always seem to happen when you least expect them. | Unverhofft kommt oft. | |
| proverb Things are never as bad as they seem. | Es wird nichts so heiß gegessen, wie es gekocht wird. | |
| You seem to have forgotten that ... | Du scheinst vergessen zu haben, dass ... | |
| 5+ Words: Verbs |
| to (seem to) go on forever | sich endlos dehnen | |
| acc. fin. to make the figures for sth. seem better than they are | etw. schönrechnen | |
| to seem to be trying to do sth. | versucht scheinen, etw. zu tun | |
| 5+ Words: Nouns |
| legs that seem to go on forever [coll.] | Beine {pl} bis zum Boden [ugs.] | |
