foetid

German translation: stinkend/übelriechend

12:27 Feb 1, 2017
English to German translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: foetid
squalid and foetid conditions
Hussein Al Chab
Germany
Local time: 01:27
German translation:stinkend/übelriechend
Explanation:
Etwa:
"In einem verwahrlosten und übelriechenden Zustand"
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Danik 2014
Brazil
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3stinkend/übelriechend
Danik 2014
3Schmutz und Gestank
Katja Dienemann


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stinkend/übelriechend


Explanation:
Etwa:
"In einem verwahrlosten und übelriechenden Zustand"

Danik 2014
Brazil
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Schmutz und Gestank


Explanation:
for "squalid and foetid" if you want to keep the connotation of bad odour.

or "Elend und von Gestank geschwängerte Luft"

Example sentence(s):
  • Obwohl die Menschen im Mittelalter an Schmutz und Gestank in einem Maße gewohnt waren, das heute reflexhaft Brechreiz oder Ohnmacht
  • Es gab eine Zeit, da lebte ich als Bettler in dem gleichen Schmutz und Gestank wie die Leute hier.“
Katja Dienemann
Germany
Local time: 01:27
Native speaker of: German
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