B2verb · irregular · transitive · rare

stink

stink · stinks · stank / stunk · stunk · stinking

смердіти

дурно пахнуть, вонять, нести за версту, смердеть

stinken, riechen, müffeln

To have a strong bad smellTo have a strong bad smell.

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/stɪŋk/

» The river is filthy and it stinks.

Річка брудна і смердить.

Meaning

4 senses

(intransitive)To have a strong bad smell.
stinken, riechen, müffeln
воня́тьvonjátʹ, смерде́тьsmerdétʹ, ду́рно па́хнутьdúrno páxnutʹ
смерді́тиsmerdíty
smell badly and offensively
(informal, intransitive, stative)To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
That movie stinks. I didn't even stay for the end.
stinken
(intransitive)To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin.
Something stinks about the politician's excuses.
stinken
веятьvejatʹ, нести за верстуnesti za verstu
(transitive)To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

Examples

215 sentences

The river is filthy and it stinks.
Річка брудна і смердить.
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What stinks in here?
Чим тут смердить?
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Do I stink?
Я смерджу?
ruОт меня воняет?
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Tom's room stinks.
У Тома в кімнаті смердить.
deBei Tom im Zimmer stinkt’s.
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It stinks in here.
Тут смердить.
ruТут воняет.
deEs stinkt hier drin.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

have a strong bad smell:

Русский

By meaning 2

have a strong bad smell:

give an impression of dishonesty or untruth:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

have a strong bad smell:

Origin

From Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, fro

From Middle English stinken, from Old English stincan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną, from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ-, *stegʷ- (“to push, thrust, strike”). Cognate with West Frisian stjonke (“to stink”), Dutch stinken (“to stink”), German stinken (“to stink”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, and Norwegian Nynorsk stinke (“to stink”), Swedish stinka (“to stink”), Icelandic stökkva (“to spring, leap, jump”).

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