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- Record yourself saying 'skunk' in full sentences, then watch yourself and listen. You'll be able to mark your mistakes quite easily.
- Look up tutorials on Youtube on how to pronounce 'skunk'.
- Focus on one accent: mixing multiple accents can get really confusing especially for beginners, so pick one accent (US or UK) and stick to it.
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- Langenscheidt
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- skunk
"skunk" German translation
„skunk“: noun
skunk
[skʌŋk]noun | Substantiv s
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Skunkmasculine | Maskulinum m
skunk zoology | ZoologieZOOL Unterfamilie Mephitinae
Stinktierneuter | Neutrum n
skunk zoology | ZoologieZOOL Unterfamilie Mephitinae
skunk zoology | ZoologieZOOL Unterfamilie Mephitinae
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also | aucha. striped skunk Mephitis mephitis
also | aucha. striped skunk Mephitis mephitis
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also | aucha. (little) spotted skunk Spilogale putorius
Fleckenskunkmasculine | Maskulinum m
also | aucha. (little) spotted skunk Spilogale putorius
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Skunk(s)pelzmasculine | Maskulinum m
skunk fur
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(gemeiner) Hund
skunk contemptible fellow slang | Slang, saloppe Umgangssprache, Jargonsl
Schuftmasculine | Maskulinum m
skunk contemptible fellow slang | Slang, saloppe Umgangssprache, Jargonsl
skunk contemptible fellow slang | Slang, saloppe Umgangssprache, Jargonsl
„skunk“: transitive verb
skunk
[skʌŋk]transitive verb | transitives Verb v/t American English | amerikanisches EnglischUS slang | Slang, saloppe Umgangssprache, Jargonsl obsolete | obsolet, begrifflich veraltetobs
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Example sentences from external sources for "skunk"
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SW: Was ist mit einem Stinktier?
Source
- TED
- Source: OPUS
- Original text source: WIT³
- Original text source: TED
- Original database: TED Talk Parallel Corpus
Synonyms for "skunk"
- lurch
- polecat, wood pussy
- pot, gage, grass, weed, locoweed, Mary Jane, dope, smoke
- shutout
- rotter, stinker, stinkpot, puke, crumb, so-and-so, git, bum, rat
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