schmücken

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See also: schmucken and Schmucken

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃmʏkŋ̩/, /ˈʃmʏkən/
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Verb

schmücken (weak, third-person singular present schmückt, past tense schmückte, past participle geschmückt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to adorn, to decorate
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, “Aus dem Lande der Ostseeritter”, in Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun., page 73:
      Die Hauptfassade war mit einem griechischen Giebel und dorischen Säulen geschmückt worden, […]
      The main facade had been decorated with a Greek gable and Doric columns,

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