stinka
Meaning
stink
In Swedish: lukta vidrigt
Conjugation
| Infinitive | att stinka | to stink |
|---|---|---|
| Present | stinker | jag stinker |
| Past | stank | jag stank |
| Supine | stunkit | used after har / hade |
| Perfect | har stunkit | jag har stunkit |
| Past perfect | hade stunkit | jag hade stunkit |
| Future | ska stinka | or: kommer att stinka |
| Conditional | skulle stinka | jag skulle stinka |
| Imperative | stink! | a command |
| Present participle | stinkande | -ing, used as an adjective |
Passive (-s form)
| Infinitive | stinkas |
|---|---|
| Present | stinks |
| Past | stanks |
| Supine | stunkits |
Group 4: strong and irregular verbs. Strong verbs change their vowel and have a supine in -it (skriva, skrev, skrivit); irregular ones such as göra and ha follow no pattern. Both have to be learned one by one. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use stinker. See the four verb groups explained.
Practise stinka
1 / 2Yesterday I … (stinka). Which is the past tense?
Questions
What does stinka mean in English?
stinka means “stink”.
What is the past tense of stinka?
The past tense of stinka is stank (“jag stank”). The supine is stunkit, used in “jag har stunkit”.
What is the present tense of stinka?
stinker, the same for every person: jag stinker, du stinker, vi stinker.
Similar words
illaluktande
Origin
From Old Swedish stinka, from Middle Low German stinken, from Old Saxon stinkan, from Proto-West Germanic *stinkwan, from Proto-Germanic *stinkwaną.
Nearby common words
stinka is number 2,133 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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