verstinken

== Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch verstinken. Equivalent to ver- +‎ stinken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vərˈstɪn.kə(n)/ Hyphenation: ver‧stin‧ken Rhymes: -ɪŋkən === Verb === verstinken (transitive, dated) to bother someone with stench (intransitive, dated) to start stinking (intransitive, dated) to start rot, to decay ==== Conjugation ==== == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German *verstinken, from Old High German firstinkan. Equivalent to ver- +‎ stinken. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fərˈʃtɪŋkən/, /fɛr-/, [fɛɐ̯-] Hyphenation: ver‧stin‧ken === Verb === verstinken (class 3 strong, third-person singular present verstinkt, past tense verstank, past participle verstunken, past subjunctive verstänke, auxiliary haben or sein) (intransitive, obsolete) to stink until the stench has dissipated [auxiliary sein] Synonym: ausstinken (transitive, regional or colloquial) to stink up [auxiliary haben] Synonyms: vermiefen, verpesten, verstänkern Hol den Käse aus dem Kühlschrank, bevor er alles verstinkt! ― Get the cheese out of the fridge before it stinks everything up! ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Verstinken === Further reading === “verstinken”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “verstinken” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “verstinken” in Duden online “verstinken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon