schminken

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from GermanCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from German#SCHMINKENCategory:Dutch terms derived from German#SCHMINKEN schminken. By surface analysis, schmink + -enCategory:Dutch terms suffixed with -en (denominative)#SCHMINKEN.

Pronunciation

Verb

schminkenCategory:Dutch lemmas#SCHMINKENCategory:Dutch verbs#SCHMINKENCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#SCHMINKENCategory:Pages with entries#SCHMINKENCategory:Pages with 2 entries#SCHMINKEN

  1. (transitiveCategory:Dutch transitive verbs#SCHMINKEN) to facepaint
  2. (transitiveCategory:Dutch transitive verbs#SCHMINKEN, datedCategory:Dutch dated terms#SCHMINKEN) to put on make-up, apply cosmetics
    Synonym: opmaken

Conjugation

Conjugation of schminken (weak)
infinitive schminken
past singular schminkte
past participle geschminkt
infinitive schminken
gerund schminken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular schminkschminkte
2nd person sing. (jij) schminkt, schmink2schminkte
2nd person sing. (u) schminktschminkte
2nd person sing. (gij) schminktschminkte
3rd person singular schminktschminkte
plural schminkenschminkten
subjunctive sing.1 schminkeschminkte
subjunctive plur.1 schminkenschminkten
imperative sing. schmink
imperative plur.1 schminkt
participles schminkendgeschminkt
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
Category:Dutch weak verbs#SCHMINKENCategory:Dutch basic verbs#SCHMINKEN

Descendants

References

German

Etymology

Schminke + -enCategory:German terms suffixed with -en#SCHMINKEN

Pronunciation

Verb

schminken (weak, third-person singular present schminkt, past tense schminkte, past participle geschminkt, auxiliary haben)Category:German lemmas#SCHMINKENCategory:German verbs#SCHMINKENCategory:German weak verbs#SCHMINKENCategory:German verbs using haben as auxiliary#SCHMINKENCategory:German entries with incorrect language header#SCHMINKENCategory:Pages with entries#SCHMINKENCategory:Pages with 2 entries#SCHMINKEN (transitiveCategory:German transitive verbs#SCHMINKEN)

  1. to put on (make-up, lipstick, etc.), to make up one's face
    Antonym: abschminken
    Ich schminke mich immer zu Hause vor dem Spiegel.
    I always put on my make-up at home in front of the mirror.
    Category:German terms with usage examples#SCHMINKEN
  2. to put on facepaint (e.g. as part of a costume, sometimes also applied to other parts of the body)
    Antonym: abschminken
    als jemand geschminkt sein
    to be made up to look like someone (e.g. a cartoon character)
    Category:German terms with collocations#SCHMINKEN

Usage notes

  • The accusative object is usually the person or body part being painted. However, especially for the general sense of applying paint to skin, it can also describe what is being painted, such as animal patterns or fake wounds, akin to verbs like malen.

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Descendants

Further reading

  • schminken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache (in German)
  • schminken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • schminken” in Duden online
  • schminken” in OpenThesaurus.de
Category:de:Cosmetics#SCHMINKEN
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