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stinken

stinken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German stinken, from Old High German stinkan, stincan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną. Compare Dutch stinken, English stink.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtɪŋkən/

Verb

stinken (class 3 strong, third-person singular simple present stinkt, past tense stank, past participle gestunken, past subjunctive stänke, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to stink

Conjugation

Derived terms


Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon stinkan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkaną. Compare German stinken, Dutch stinken, English stink.

Verb

stinken (third-person singular simple present stinkt, past tense stunk, past participle stunken, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (intransitive) to stink

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • stinkfuul

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch stinkan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną.

Verb

stinken

  1. to stink, to smell bad
  2. to be abhorrent

Inflection

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Descendants