Gestank
German, noun/ɡəˈʃtaŋk/
Gestank is spelled G-E-S-T-A-N-K (7 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written German, the 21,569th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gestank is a German masculine noun meaning “stench, stink, fetidness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “übler, unangenehmer Geruch; verstärktes stank”.
What does Gestank mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinestench, stink, fetidness
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. übler, unangenehmer Geruch; verstärktes stank
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 Gestank
- Gestankes genitive
- Gestanks genitive
- Gestänke plural
- Gestänkchen diminutive neuter
- Gestänklein diminutive neuter
- Gestanke dative singular
- Gestänken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gestank?
- /ɡəˈʃtaŋk/
- [ɡəˈʃtaŋk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gestank
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gestank in German?
Gestank appears 2.3 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).