rotten
To an extreme degreeTo an extreme degree.
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» Half of the apples are rotten.
Die Hälfte der Äpfel sind verfault. — Sudajaengi
Половина яблок испорчена. — Biga
Половина яблок сгнила. — corvard
Половина яблок гнилая. — marafon
Половина яблок гнилые. — marafon
Половина яблук гнилі. — Internecivus
Половина цих яблук - гнилі. — ChickenKiev
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo an extreme degree.
That kid is spoilt rotten.
The girls fancy him something rotten.
Examples
185 sentencesHalf of the apples are rotten.
Половина яблук гнилі. — Internecivus
ruПоловина яблок испорчена. — Biga
deDie Hälfte der Äpfel sind verfault. — Sudajaengi
Half of these apples are rotten.
Половина цих яблук - гнилі. — ChickenKiev
ruПоловина этих яблок гнилые. — sharptoothed
deDie Hälfte der Äpfel sind verdorben. — Sudajaengi
All of these apples are rotten.
Всі ці яблука гнилі. — deniko
ruВсе эти яблоки гнилые. — marafon
There were many rotten apples in the basket.
В кошику було багато гнилих яблук. — oksanask
ruВ корзине было много гнилых яблок. — ae5s
deEs waren viele faule Äpfel im Korb. — Tlustulimu
Half the apples Tom gave me were rotten.
Половина яблук, які мені дав Том, були гнилі. — deniko
ruПоловина яблок, которые Том мне дал, были гнилыми. — marafon
Origin
From Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn (“decayed, rotten”), past participle of aFrom Middle English roten, from Old Norse rotinn (“decayed, rotten”), past participle of an unrecorded verb related to Old Norse rotna (“to rot”) and Old English rotian (“to rot”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rutāną (“to rot”). See rot. By surface analysis, rot + -en (past participle).
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Forms
more rotten, most rotten| Comparative | more rotten Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most rotten |
regular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
Collocations
3 patterns- apples are rotten
- rotten eggs
- rotten apples
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.