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German
Etymology
From stinken.
Noun
Stank m (strong, genitive Stankes or Stanks, no plural)
- (colloquial) Synonym of Stunk
- Synonyms: Ärger, Streit, Zank
- (dated) stink, smell
- Synonym: Gestank
1942, Stefan Zweig, Die Welt von Gestern [The World of Yesterday]:Von außen fuhr mit dem spätherbstlichen Wind durch die zerschlagenen Fenster Ruß und Schlacke der elenden Braunkohle herein, mit der man jetzt die Lokomotiven heizte; sie schwärzte Boden und Wände, aber ihr Stank linderte wenigstens den scharfen Geruch von Jodoform, […] .- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Further reading
- “Stank” in Duden online
- “Stank” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German stank, Old Saxon stank, from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz. Cognate with English stench.
Noun
Stank m (plural has not been set)
- stink; stench; smell
Synonyms