Verb

schminken

to put on (make-up, lipstick, etc.), to make up one's face

B1 rank #10,223

Meanings

Verb

to put on (make-up, lipstick, etc.), to make up one's face
to put on facepaint (e.g. as part of a costume, sometimes also applied to other parts of the body)

In a sentence

Ich schminke mich immer zu Hause vor dem Spiegel.

I always put on my make-up at home in front of the mirror.

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Forms

schminken · schminkt · schminkte · hat geschminkt (+ Akkusativ)

schminken is B1 German — intermediate vocabulary, ranked #10,223 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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