tönen

tint; give a colour tone to (hair or skin)

verb TOE-nen Rare

Also means

resonate; sound

Usage Note

tönen in a personal-care context means to tint hair or apply a tinted product to skin. Note the homonym tönen (to sound, resonate) in acoustics. In beauty contexts it often appears as die Haare tönen or die Haut tönen.

Examples

"Sie lässt sich die Haare regelmäßig tönen."

Natural Translation

She has her hair tinted regularly.

Literal Translation

She lets herself the hair regularly tint.

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