Verbs | |||||||
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| to stink | stank, stunk | | stinken | stank, gestunken | | ||||||
| to smell ripe | smelled/smelt, smelled/smeltsmelled/smelt | | stinken | stank, gestunken | | ||||||
| to reek of sth. | reeked, reeked | | nach etw.dat. stinken | stank, gestunken | | ||||||
| to pong | ponged, ponged | (Brit.) [coll.] | stinken | stank, gestunken | | ||||||
| to be bone idle | vor Faulheit stinken | stank, gestunken | | ||||||
| to stink like hell | stank, stunk | | wie die Pest stinken | stank, gestunken | | ||||||
Possible base forms | |||||||
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| stanken | |||||||
| stinken (Verb) | |||||||
Examples | |||||||
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| I'm fed up to the back teeth! | Mir stinkt es! [coll.] | ||||||
| I'm cheesed off with school! | Die Schule stinkt mir! [coll.] | ||||||
Phrases / Collocations | |||||||
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| to stink to high heaven | wie die Pest stinken [coll.] | ||||||
| Money has no smell. | Geld stinkt nicht. | ||||||
Orthographically similar words | |
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| skanken, Staken, staken, staksen, stalken, Stanzen, stanzen, Staunen, staunen, stinken, Tanken, tanken | |
Forum discussions containing the search term | ||
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| stunk like a dead skunk | Last post 05 May 10, 09:44 | |
| His recent plots have stunk like a dead skunk. Hat jemand schon mal diesen Ausdruck gehört | 15 Replies | |








