The vocabulary of phenomenality is distributed in German over several linguistic registers: alongside terms of Germanic origin based on the verb scheinen ( to shine, to appear, to seem ) and on the adjective offenbar ( manifest, clear, obvious )—terms such as Erscheinung ( phenomenon, appearance ) and Offenbarung ( revelation )—we find terms from foreign languages that constitute the technical vocabulary of modern philosophy, such as Phänomen, borrowed from the Greek, or Manifestation, taken from Latin. (BCDU)