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Notice that "scheinen" requires a zu-infinitive, while neither auxiliary verbs nor modal verb do. Similarly, the English "to seem" requires "to" but auxiliaries and modals do not. (No doubt this a consequence of the languages having a common ancestor.) The examples given illustrate this.
– RDBury
Commented Jun 20 at 11:31
@hubert-schölnast I'm confused why it's "scheinen...gewesen/geworden"? I thought to form the Perfekt, you could only do that with "sein...gewesen/geworden"? Or is it because "zu sein" is included, that it satisfies that "sein" requirement for Perfekt constructions?
– BlauKakaPOW
Commented Jun 20 at 22:02
@BlauKakaPOW: I added an addendum to my answer, I hope this helps.
– Hubert Schölnast
Commented Jun 21 at 7:49

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