bedrunken

English

Etymology

Past participle of bedrink

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ʌŋkən

Adjective

bedrunken (comparative more bedrunken, superlative most bedrunken)

  1. drunken, drunk.
    • 1895, William Morris (translator), Beowulf‎:
      Full oft have they boasted with beer well bedrunken
    • 2006, Barbara Outland Baker, Arnold and Me: In the Shadow of the Austrian Oak‎:
      A little bedrunken, we delved into the analysis of what it felt like to talk to my old boyfiend, now a candidate for governor.
    • 2010, Andy Duroe, In Desperate Search of the Lesser Spotted Pink Salamander from Ghangi Blah‎:
      Normally he could whip all and sundry, but in his be-drunken state he had already survived several almost fatal bad beatings.

Synonyms

Low German

Etymology

Past participle from bedrinken. Cognate to Dutch bedronken.

Adjective

bedrunken (comparative bedrunkener, superlative bedrunkenst)

  1. drunk, drunken

Declension
Positive forms of bedrunken
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is bedrunken se is bedrunken dat is bedrunken se sünd bedrunken
partitive een Bedrunkens een Bedrunkens wat Bedrunkens allens Bedrunken
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative bedrunken bedrunken bedrunken bedrunken
oblique bedrunken bedrunken bedrunken bedrunken
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative de bedrunken de bedrunken dat bedrunken de bedrunken
oblique den bedrunken de bedrunken dat bedrunken de bedrunken
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative en bedrunken en bedrunken en bedrunken (keen) bedrunken
oblique en bedrunken en bedrunken en bedrunken (keen) bedrunken
Comparative forms of bedrunken
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is bedrunkener se is bedrunkener dat is bedrunkener se sünd bedrunkener
partitive een bedrunkeners een bedrunkeners wat bedrunkeners allens bedrunkener
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative bedrunkenere bedrunkenere bedrunkener bedrunkenere
oblique bedrunkenere bedrunkenere bedrunkener bedrunkenere
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative de bedrunkenere de bedrunkenere dat bedrunkenere de bedrunkenere
oblique den bedrunkenern de bedrunkenere dat bedrunkenere de bedrunkenere
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative en bedrunkenere en bedrunkenere en bedrunkener (keen) bedrunkener
oblique en bedrunkenern en bedrunkenere en bedrunkener (keen) bedrunkenere
Superlative forms of bedrunken
gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative he is de Bedrunkenste se is de Bedrunkenste dat is dat Bedrunkenste se sünd de Bedrunkenstenen
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative bedrunkenste bedrunkenste bedrunkenst bedrunkenste
oblique bedrunkensten bedrunkenste bedrunkenst bedrunkenste
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative de bedrunkenste de bedrunkenste dat bedrunkenste de bedrunkensten
oblique den bedrunkensten de bedrunkenste dat bedrunkenste de bedrunkensten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative en bedrunkenste en bedrunkenste en bedrunkenst (keen) bedrunkensten
oblique en bedrunkenste en bedrunkenste en bedrunkenst (keen) bedrunkensten

Synonyms

Plautdietsch

Adjective

bedrunken

  1. drunk, drunken, intoxicated
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