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If you have any sense left at all you'll stay downwind, six blunt-nose hyenas have a good whiff of you.Wenn Du auch nur ein bißchen Verstand hast, dann bleib aus dem Wind, denn sechs schnüffelnde Hyänen haben bereits Witterung von Dir. Meide offenes Terrain - die Geier haben Dich schon erspäht.Algren, Nelson / A Walk on the Wild SideAlgren, Nelson / Wildnis des LebensWildnis des LebensAlgren, Nelson© 1956 by Nelson Algren© 1988 by Zweitausendeins, Postfach, D-6000 Frankfurt am Main 61A Walk on the Wild SideAlgren, Nelson© 1956 by Nelson Algren© renewed 1984 by the Estate of Nelson Algren
Once they caught a whiff of him, the market women filled his pockets with nuts and dried pears because he seemed to them so hungry and helpless.Die Marktweiber, wenn sie seiner anrüchig wurden, steckten ihm Nüsse und trockne Birnen zu, weil er so hungrig und hilflos aussah, wie sie fanden.Suskind, Patrick / Perfume. The story of a murdererSüskind, Patrick / Das Parfum: Die Geschichte Eines MordersDas Parfum: Die Geschichte Eines MordersSüskind, Patrick© 1985 Diogenes Verlag AG ZürichPerfume. The story of a murdererSuskind, Patrick© 1986 by Alfred A. Knopf© 1985 by Diogenes Verlag AG
But then, suddenly, it was there again, a mere shred, the whiff of a magnificent premonition for only a second… and it vanished at once.Aber dann, plötzlich, war er wieder da, ein kleiner Fetzen nur, eine kurze Sekunde lang als herrliche Andeutung zu riechen...und verschwand alsbald.Suskind, Patrick / Perfume. The story of a murdererSüskind, Patrick / Das Parfum: Die Geschichte Eines MordersDas Parfum: Die Geschichte Eines MordersSüskind, Patrick© 1985 Diogenes Verlag AG ZürichPerfume. The story of a murdererSuskind, Patrick© 1986 by Alfred A. Knopf© 1985 by Diogenes Verlag AG
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Word forms
whiff
noun
Singular | Plural | |
Common case | whiff | whiffs |
Possessive case | whiff's | whiffs' |
whiff
verb
Basic forms | |
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Past | whiffed |
Imperative | whiff |
Present Participle (Participle I) | whiffing |
Past Participle (Participle II) | whiffed |
Present Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I whiff | we whiff |
you whiff | you whiff |
he/she/it whiffs | they whiff |
Present Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I am whiffing | we are whiffing |
you are whiffing | you are whiffing |
he/she/it is whiffing | they are whiffing |
Present Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I have whiffed | we have whiffed |
you have whiffed | you have whiffed |
he/she/it has whiffed | they have whiffed |
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I have been whiffing | we have been whiffing |
you have been whiffing | you have been whiffing |
he/she/it has been whiffing | they have been whiffing |
Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I whiffed | we whiffed |
you whiffed | you whiffed |
he/she/it whiffed | they whiffed |
Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I was whiffing | we were whiffing |
you were whiffing | you were whiffing |
he/she/it was whiffing | they were whiffing |
Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I had whiffed | we had whiffed |
you had whiffed | you had whiffed |
he/she/it had whiffed | they had whiffed |
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I had been whiffing | we had been whiffing |
you had been whiffing | you had been whiffing |
he/she/it had been whiffing | they had been whiffing |
Future Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will whiff | we shall/will whiff |
you will whiff | you will whiff |
he/she/it will whiff | they will whiff |
Future Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will be whiffing | we shall/will be whiffing |
you will be whiffing | you will be whiffing |
he/she/it will be whiffing | they will be whiffing |
Future Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have whiffed | we shall/will have whiffed |
you will have whiffed | you will have whiffed |
he/she/it will have whiffed | they will have whiffed |
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I shall/will have been whiffing | we shall/will have been whiffing |
you will have been whiffing | you will have been whiffing |
he/she/it will have been whiffing | they will have been whiffing |
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice | |
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I should/would whiff | we should/would whiff |
you would whiff | you would whiff |
he/she/it would whiff | they would whiff |
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would be whiffing | we should/would be whiffing |
you would be whiffing | you would be whiffing |
he/she/it would be whiffing | they would be whiffing |
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have whiffed | we should/would have whiffed |
you would have whiffed | you would have whiffed |
he/she/it would have whiffed | they would have whiffed |
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice | |
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I should/would have been whiffing | we should/would have been whiffing |
you would have been whiffing | you would have been whiffing |
he/she/it would have been whiffing | they would have been whiffing |
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I am whiffed | we are whiffed |
you are whiffed | you are whiffed |
he/she/it is whiffed | they are whiffed |
Present Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I am being whiffed | we are being whiffed |
you are being whiffed | you are being whiffed |
he/she/it is being whiffed | they are being whiffed |
Present Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I have been whiffed | we have been whiffed |
you have been whiffed | you have been whiffed |
he/she/it has been whiffed | they have been whiffed |
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I was whiffed | we were whiffed |
you were whiffed | you were whiffed |
he/she/it was whiffed | they were whiffed |
Past Continuous, Passive Voice | |
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I was being whiffed | we were being whiffed |
you were being whiffed | you were being whiffed |
he/she/it was being whiffed | they were being whiffed |
Past Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I had been whiffed | we had been whiffed |
you had been whiffed | you had been whiffed |
he/she/it had been whiffed | they had been whiffed |
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will be whiffed | we shall/will be whiffed |
you will be whiffed | you will be whiffed |
he/she/it will be whiffed | they will be whiffed |
Future Perfect, Passive Voice | |
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I shall/will have been whiffed | we shall/will have been whiffed |
you will have been whiffed | you will have been whiffed |
he/she/it will have been whiffed | they will have been whiffed |