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
- (transitiveCategory:Dutch transitive verbs#SCHMINKEN) to facepaint
- (transitiveCategory:Dutch transitive verbs#SCHMINKEN, datedCategory:Dutch dated terms#SCHMINKEN) to put on make-up, apply cosmetics
- Synonym: opmaken
Conjugation
Category:Dutch weak verbs#SCHMINKENCategory:Dutch basic verbs#SCHMINKENDescendants
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “schminken”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
German
Etymology
Schminke + -enCategory:German terms suffixed with -en#SCHMINKEN
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃmɪŋkən/Category:German 2-syllable words#SCHMINKENCategory:German terms with IPA pronunciation#SCHMINKEN
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#SCHMINKENAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Category:German terms with audio pronunciation#SCHMINKENAudio (Germany (Berlin)): (file) - Hyphenation: schmin‧ken
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)
- 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.
- 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)
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.
Conjugation
| infinitive | schminken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | schminkend | ||||
| past participle | geschminkt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich schminke | wir schminken | i | ich schminke | wir schminken |
| du schminkst | ihr schminkt | du schminkest | ihr schminket | ||
| er schminkt | sie schminken | er schminke | sie schminken | ||
| preterite | ich schminkte | wir schminkten | ii | ich schminkte1 | wir schminkten1 |
| du schminktest | ihr schminktet | du schminktest1 | ihr schminktet1 | ||
| er schminkte | sie schminkten | er schminkte1 | sie schminkten1 | ||
| imperative | schmink (du) schminke (du) |
schminkt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
Related terms
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