stinka
English
Noun
stinka (plural stinkas)
- (Tyneside) Someone who smells badly, a stinker.
- (Tyneside) Someone who is ugly or repulsive.
- How man, get off is ye propa stinka!
Anagrams
- Atkins, Tanski, astink, takins
Esperanto
Etymology
Of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch stinken and German stinken.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈstinka]
- Rhymes: -inka
- Hyphenation: stin‧ka
Adjective
stinka (accusative singular stinkan, plural stinkaj, accusative plural stinkajn)
- malodorous, smelly
- Synonyms: malbonodora, fetora
Derived terms
- stinki
Swedish
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną. Compare English stink, Dutch and German stinken.
Verb
stinka (present stinker, preterite stank, imperative stink)
- (intransitive) To smell bad; to stink, reek
- 1917 translation, the Bible, Exodus 7:18
- Och fiskarna i floden skola dö, och floden skall bliva stinkande, så att egyptierna skola vämjas vid att dricka vatten ifrån floden.
- And the fish that [is] in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river. (KJV)
- 1917, Dan Andersson, Svarta Ballader, Tiggar-Stinas middagssång
- En söndrig skugga var jag, ett nå'nting som gick förbi: ett stinkande trasbylte bara, med ett skälvande hjärta i.
- A broken shadow was I, a something that passed by: just a stinking bundle of rags, with a shivering heart inside.
- 1926, Hjalmar Bergman, Farmor och Vår Herre
- Hon glödde av iver och stank av eau de cologne.
- She glowed with ardour and reeked of cologne.
- 1917 translation, the Bible, Exodus 7:18
- (intransitive) to give impression of foul play or dishonesty; to stink
- 2000, Claes Arvidsson, Svenska Dagbladet - editor's column
- Den fortsatta granskningen av partiet visar att det fortfarande stinker.
- The follow-up examination of the party shows that it still stinks.
- 2000, Claes Arvidsson, Svenska Dagbladet - editor's column
- (transitive in combination with verb particle ner) make something stink or smell bad
- 1933, August Strindberg, Gustav Vasa
- Gå och bada smutsen av dig och laga att du blir kammad, skölj framför allt din trut, så att du icke går här och stinker ner mina rum.
- Go and take a bath to wash away the dirt, and make sure you get combed, first of all rinse your mouth, so that you not go around here and make my rooms stink.
- 1933, August Strindberg, Gustav Vasa
Usage notes
- The supine stunkit occurs occasionally, but has also been claimed not to exist.
Conjugation
Conjugation of stinka (class 3 strong)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | stinka | — | ||
| Supine | stunkit | — | ||
| Imperative | stink | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | stinken | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | stinker | stank | — | — |
| Ind. plural1 | stinka | stunko | — | — |
| Subjunctive2 | stinke | stunke | — | — |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | stinkande | |||
| Past participle | — | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
- stank
Anagrams
- ankist, inkast, kantis, kistan