schminken
German
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃmɪŋkən/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: schmin‧ken
Verb
schminken (weak, third-person singular present schminkt, past tense schminkte, past participle geschminkt, auxiliary haben) (transitive)
- 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
Conjugation of schminken (weak, auxiliary haben)
| 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.
Composed forms of schminken (weak, auxiliary haben)