ich stank

stank, smelled bad

→ stinken
verb · 1st-person singular / 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #38,754
stank, smelled bad The simple past of „stinken“; it always describes an unpleasant smell.
GE: Der Müll stank gestern.
EN: The garbage stank yesterday.
Conjugation of stinken
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First stank —
Third stank —

Tom stank nach Alkohol.

Tom smelled of alcohol.

Bei Tom im Zimmer stank es.

Tom's room stank.

Es stank fürchterlich und die Wächter starben, aber die Steaks waren vorzüglich.

It stank horribly and the guards died, but the steaks were exquisite.

— GoodFellas (1990)

Er stank nach Alkohol.

He smelled of alcohol.

Der Obdachlose stank entsetzlich.

The homeless man smelled horrible.

Es stank im Haus.

The house stank.