Verb
at stinke
Meaning
to stink
| Infinitive | Nutid | Datid | Førnutid |
| at stinke | stinker | stank | har stinket |
Example on how to use the verb – Danish version
Køkkenet har stinket, lige siden gamle hr. Barlow besluttede at eksperimentere med fermenteret fiskesauce, men i dag stinker det værre end nogensinde. Han åbner spisekammeret, og en sur sky driver ud, hvilket får katten til at krumme ryggen og naboens hund til at vende sig væk.
I går stank saucen så voldsomt, at lyset i gangen blafrede, som om selve lugten forsøgte at skubbe elektriciteten væk. Fru Chen, der bor tre huse længere væk, bankede på hans dør med røde kinder af lugten og spurgte, om han endelig havde lært at lave mad uden at forvandle sine måltider til kemiske våben. “Jeg er ked af det,” siger Barlow og tørrer sine hænder på en klud; “Jeg troede, at fermenteringen ville være færdig nu, men den har stinket længere, end jeg havde forestillet mig.”
Han sukker, trækker en frisk portion krydderurter frem fra haven og drysser dem over den boblende gryde. Da krydderurterne frigiver en duftende damp, begynder rummet at trække vejret igen. Om aftenen er lugten, der engang stank som en glemt sump, falmet og erstattet af en varm, indbydende aroma, der fortæller alle, at køkkenet endelig stinker af hjem.
English version
The kitchen has stunk ever since old Mr. Barlow decided to experiment with fermented fish sauce, but today it stinks louder than ever. He opens the pantry, and a sour cloud drifts out, making the cat hunch its back and the neighbor’s dog turn away.
Yesterday, the sauce stank so fiercely that the hallway light flickered, as if the smell itself were trying to push the electricity away. Mrs. Chen, who lives three doors down, knocked on his door, cheeks flushed from the odor, and asked if he’d finally learned to cook without turning his meals into chemical weapons. “I’m sorry,” Barlow says, wiping his hands on a rag; “I thought the fermentation would finish by now, but it has stunk longer than I imagined.”
He sighs, pulls a fresh batch of herbs from the garden, and sprinkles them over the bubbling pot. As the herbs release a fragrant steam, the room begins to breathe again. By evening, the smell that once stank like a forgotten swamp has faded, replaced by a warm, inviting aroma that tells everyone the kitchen finally stinks of home.
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