schminken

Borrowed from German schminken. By surface analysis, schmink +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃmiŋ.kə(n)/, /ˈʃmɪŋ.kə(n)/

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋkən

schminken

1. (transitive) to facepaint
2. (transitive, dated) to put on make-up, apply cosmetics

   Synonym: opmaken

• → North Moluccan Malay: smengken

• van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “schminken”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute

Schminke +‎ -en

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃmɪŋkən/

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• Hyphenation: schmin‧ken

schminken (weak, third-person singular present schminkt, past tense schminkte, past participle geschminkt, auxiliary haben) (transitive)

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.

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)

• 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.

• abschminken

• Schminke

• → Dutch: schminken
  • → North Moluccan Malay: smengken

• “schminken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “schminken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “schminken” in Duden online
• “schminken” in OpenThesaurus.de