prunken

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German

Etymology

Prunk +‎ -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpʁʊŋkn̩/
  • Hyphenation: prun‧ken
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Verb

prunken (weak, third-person singular present prunkt, past tense prunkte, past participle geprunkt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to flaunt, show off
  2. (intransitive) to appear in one's full glory
    • 1906, Hermann Hesse, Unterm Rad [Beneath the Wheel]‎, Berlin: S. Fischer:
      An den Waldrändern prunkten lange Reihen von wolligen, gelbblühenden, majestätischen Königskerzen, Weiderich und Weidenröschen wiegten sich auf ihren schlanken, zähen Stielen und bedeckten ganze Abhänge mit ihrem violetten Rot.
      At the edges of the forest appeared long rows of woolly, yellow-flowered, majestic mullein, loosestrife and fireweed swaying on their slender, tough stems and covering entire slopes with their violet red.

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Further reading

  • prunken” in Duden online
  • prunken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache