stank

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Verb

stank

  1. Simple past of stink.

[edit] Anagrams

  • Anagrams of aknst
  • tanks

[edit] Breton

[edit] Etymology

From Old French estanc.

[edit] Noun

stank m.

  1. pond

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Noun

stank m. (plural stanken, diminutive stankje, diminutive plural stankjes)

  1. stench

[edit] Old High German

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *stankwaz, whence also Old English stenċ.

[edit] Noun

stank m.

  1. smell

[edit] Swedish

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[edit] Noun

Inflection for stank Singular Plural
common Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Base form stank stanken stanker stankerna
Possessive form stanks stankens stankers stankernas

stank c.

  1. stink, stench (a bad smell)
    1938:Ludvig Nordström Lort-Sverige - Denna stank hade nämligen samma underliga egenskap som liklukt att så att säga smyga sig fram och liksom långsamt, gradvis underminera luften.
    "This stench had the same strange quality as the smell of corpses, that is so to say sneaked up on you and kind of slowly, gradually undermine the air."

[edit] Verb

stank

  1. Past tense of stinka.
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