schminken
German, verb
schminken is spelled S-C-H-M-I-N-K-E-N (9 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 25,938th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schminken is a German verb meaning “to put on (make-up, lipstick, etc.), to make up one's face” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schminken is a different word: “plural of Schminke”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Haut, Gesicht oder Augen mit Hilfe von Schminke farblich gestalten”.
What does schminken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to put on (make-up, lipstick, etc.), to make up one's face
Ich schminke mich immer zu Hause vor dem Spiegel.
- 2
to put on facepaint (e.g. as part of a costume, sometimes also applied to other parts of the body)
als jemand geschminkt sein
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Schminke
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Haut, Gesicht oder Augen mit Hilfe von Schminke farblich gestalten
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 schminken
- schminkt present singular third-person
- schminkte past
- geschminkt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schminkend participle present
- schminke first-person indicative present
- schminkst indicative present second-person
- schminkest second-person singular subjunctive
- schminket plural second-person subjunctive
- schminkten first-person indicative plural
- schminktest indicative preterite second-person
- schminktet indicative plural preterite
- schmink imperative second-person singular
- habe geschminkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geschminkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- schmink! imperative singular
- schminkt! imperative plural
- geschminkt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is schminken in German?
schminken appears 1.8 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).