English → German
tạnken
transitive or intransitive verb
fill up;
Benzin tanken fill up with petrol (British); fill up with gasoline (US);
Öl tanken fill up with oil;
er tankte dreißig Liter [Super] he put in thirty litres [of four-star];
hast du schon getankt? have you already put petrol in? (British); have you already put gasoline in? (US);
frische Luft/Sonne tanken get one's fill of fresh air/sun;
er hat aber reichlich getankt he really got tanked up