Schminke
German, noun
Schminke is spelled S-C-H-M-I-N-K-E (8 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written German, the 26,796th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schminke is a German feminine noun meaning “make-up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, schminke is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Substanz oder Produkt zur farblichen Gestaltung von Haut, Augen oder Gesicht”.
What does Schminke mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemake-up
Ich gehe immer ohne Schminke zur Arbeit.
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
- 3
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Substanz oder Produkt zur farblichen Gestaltung von Haut, Augen oder Gesicht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Schminke
- Schminken plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schminke
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schminke in German?
Schminke appears 1.7 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).