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.
   • 2025, Hannah Linder, The Red Cottage‎^[1], Barbour Publishing, Incorporated:

     Then unrolled his wet trouser pants, water dripping down his ankles, heat pinkening his skin.

3. (intransitive) To blush.

Translations

To become pink.

• Bulgarian: порозовявам (porozovjavam)
• Esperanto: roziĝi
• French: rosir (fr)
• Polish: różowieć impf, poróżowieć pf, zaróżowieć pf, różowić się impf, zaróżowić się pf

To make pink.

• Esperanto: rozi
• French: rosir (fr)
• Polish: różowić impf, zaróżowić pf

To blush.

• Bulgarian: изчервявам се (izčervjavam se)
• Esperanto: ruĝiĝi
• French: rougir (fr)
• Polish: rumienić się impf, zarumienić się pf, czerwienić się impf, zaczerwienić się pf, czerwienieć (pl) impf, zaczerwienieć pf, sczerwienieć pf, poczerwienieć (pl) pf, pąsowieć (pl) impf, spąsowieć (pl) pf, kraśnieć impf, skraśnieć pf, pokraśnieć pf

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪŋkən

Noun

pinken

1. plural of pink

German

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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