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Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
prunken (weak, third-person singular present prunkt, past tense prunkte, past participle geprunkt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to flaunt, show off
- (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.
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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