stinken
German, verb/ˈʃtɪŋkən/
stinken is a German verb meaning “to stink” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(sehr) übel schlecht riechen, üblen Geruch verbreiten”.
What does stinken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stink
nach / vor Geld stinken.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (sehr) übel schlecht riechen, üblen Geruch verbreiten 2. sehr missfallen 3. den Anschein von etwas erwecken
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of stinken
- stinkt present singular third-person
- stank past
- gestunken participle past
- stänke past subjunctive
- haben auxiliary
- 3 strong
- stinkend participle present
- stinke first-person indicative present
- stinkst indicative present second-person
- stinkest second-person singular subjunctive
- stinket plural second-person subjunctive
- stanken first-person indicative plural
- stänken first-person formal plural
- stankst indicative preterite second-person
- stankt indicative plural preterite
- stänkest formal rare second-person
- stänkst formal rare second-person
- stänket formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce stinken?
- /ˈʃtɪŋkən/
- [ˈʃtɪŋ.kn̩]
- [ˈʃtɪŋ.k̚ʔŋ̍]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to stinken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is stinken in German?
stinken appears 2.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).