stinken

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

stinken

  1. (intransitive) to stink

Conjugation

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

nouns
verbs

Descendants

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

Anagrams

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/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Low German

Etymology

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

Conjugation of stinken (class 3 strong verb)
infinitive stinken
present preterite
1st person singular stink stunk
2nd person singular stinks(t) stunks(t)
3rd person singular stink(t) stunk
plural stinkt, stinken stunken
imperative
singular stink
plural stinkt
present past
participle stinken (e)stunken, gestunken

Note: This conjugation is one of many.
Neither its grammar nor spelling apply to all dialects.

Derived terms

  • stinkfuul

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch stincan.

Verb

stinken

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

Inflection

Conjugation of stinken (strong class 3)
infinitive base form stinken
genitive stinkens
dative stinkene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular stinke stanc stinke stonke
2nd person singular stincs, stinkes stoncs, stonkes stincs, stinkes stonkes
3rd person singular stinct, stinket stanc stinke stonke
1st person plural stinken stonken stinken stonken
2nd person plural stinct, stinket stonct, stonket stinct, stinket stonket
3rd person plural stinken stonken stinken stonken
imperative
singular stinc, stinke
plural stinct, stinket
present past
participle stinkende gestonken

Descendants

Further reading

  • stinken”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “stinken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Middle English

Verb

stinken

  1. alternative form of stynken