pinken

English

Etymology

From pink + -en.

Verb

pinken (third-person singular simple present pinkens, present participle pinkening, simple past and past participle pinkened)

  1. (intransitive) To become pink.
    • 2000, Lieren Jaymes, Devil's Walk, page viii:
      For a second his eyes sought the distant horizon now beginning to pinken in the early dawn light.
  2. (transitive) To make pink.
  3. (intransitive) To blush.

Translations

Dutch

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɪŋkən

Noun

pinken

  1. plural of pink

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

pinken

  1. inflection of pink:
    1. strong genitive masculine/neuter singular
    2. weak/mixed genitive/dative all-gender singular
    3. strong/weak/mixed accusative masculine singular
    4. strong dative plural
    5. weak/mixed all-case plural
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