stink

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To have a strong bad smell.
2. (informal, intransitive, stative) To be greatly inferior; to perform badly.
3. (intransitive) To give an impression of dishonesty, untruth, or sin.
4. (transitive) To cause to stink; to affect by a stink.

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A strong bad smell.
2. (countable, informal, uncountable) A complaint or objection.

Adj

1. (New-Zealand, slang) Bad; inferior; worthless.
2. (Caribbean, Guyana, Jamaica) Bad-smelling, stinky.

Concepten

stinken

stank

vies ruiken

geur

reuk

👃

ruiken

👃

Synoniemen

smell

👃

stench

reek

smell bad

bad smell

pong

odor

fetor

fetidness

stinking

malodour

niff

smelliness

malodorous

malodorousness

funk

mephitis

malodor

smell rotten

fuss

rot

foul

bad odour

foetor

suck

stink out

vapor

vapors

vapour

vapours

bad-smelling

be bright

be fragrant

be poor

foul smell

smell high

smell musty

smell strong

smell strongly

bad odor

offensive smell

rotten smell

frowst

fear

😨

be bad

be rank

become putrid

give off a bad odor

have an unpleasant odour

reek to high heaven

Vertalingen

puer

stinken

Gestank

puzzare

👃

puanteur

puzzo

👃

apestar

hedor

heder

lezzo

fetore

puzza

cocotter

empester

fedor

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/stɪŋk/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: stynken

Overgenomen van Oudengels: stincan

Verwant aan Fries: stjonke

Verwant aan Nederlands: stinken

Verwant aan Duits: stinken

Verwant aan Deens: stinke

Verwant aan Zweeds: stinka

Verwant aan IJslands: stökkva

In summary

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 stinke (“to stink”), Swedish stinka (“to stink”), Icelandic stökkva (“to spring, leap, jump”).