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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch stinken, from Old Dutch stincan, from Proto-West Germanic *stinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈstɪŋkə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: stin‧ken
  • Rhymes: -ɪŋkən

Verb

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stinken

  1. (intransitive) to stink

Conjugation

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Conjugation of stinken (strong class 3a)
infinitive stinken
past singular stonk
past participle gestonken
infinitive stinken
gerund stinken n
present tense past tense
1st person singular stink stonk
2nd person sing. (jij) stinkt, stink2 stonk
2nd person sing. (u) stinkt stonk
2nd person sing. (gij) stinkt stonkt
3rd person singular stinkt stonk
plural stinken stonken
subjunctive sing.1 stinke stonke
subjunctive plur.1 stinken stonken
imperative sing. stink
imperative plur.1 stinkt
participles stinkend gestonken
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: stink
  • Negerhollands: stink
  • Sranan Tongo: tingi

Anagrams

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German

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to stink [with nach (+ dative) ‘of’]
    nach / vor Geld stinken.to be loaded (literally, “to stink of money”)
    die Sache stinktthe whole thing stinks

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Further reading

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  • stinken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • stinken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • stinken” in Duden online
  • stinken” in OpenThesaurus.de

Low German

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German stinken, from Old Saxon stinkan, from Proto-West Germanic *stinkwan. Compare German stinken, Dutch stinken, English stink.

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) to stink

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Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch stincan.

Verb

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stinken

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

Inflection

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Strong class 3
Infinitive stinken
3rd sg. past stanc
3rd pl. past stonken
Past participle gestonken
Infinitive stinken
In genitive stinkens
In dative stinkene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular stinke stanc
2nd singular stincs, stinkes stoncs, stonkes
3rd singular stinct, stinket stanc
1st plural stinken stonken
2nd plural stinct, stinket stonct, stonket
3rd plural stinken stonken
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular stinke stonke
2nd singular stincs, stinkes stonkes
3rd singular stinke stonke
1st plural stinken stonken
2nd plural stinct, stinket stonket
3rd plural stinken stonken
Imperative Present
Singular stinc, stinke
Plural stinct, stinket
Present Past
Participle stinkende gestonken

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Middle English

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Verb

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stinken

  1. Alternative form of stynken.