riechen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German riechen, from Old High German riohhan, from Proto-West Germanic *reukan, from Proto-Germanic *reukaną.
Compare English reek, Dutch rieken, Danish ryge, Swedish ryka. See also Rauch, Geruch.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]riechen (class 2 strong, third-person singular present riecht, past tense roch, past participle gerochen, past subjunctive röche, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to smell (something); to sniff (something)
- (intransitive) to use the sense of smell; to detect a smell
- (transitive) to smell something
- Ich rieche dein Parfüm.
- I smell your perfume.
- (intransitive) to reek; to smell bad
- (copulative) to smell [with nach (+ dative) ‘like/of something’]
- Im Haus riecht es nach gebratenem Fisch.
- In the house it smells like fried fish.
- Der Kuchen riecht lecker!
- The cake smells delicious!
- (transitive, slang) to tolerate (someone); to stand (someone)
- Ich kann ihn nicht riechen.
- I cannot stand him.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | riechen | ||||
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present participle | riechend | ||||
past participle | gerochen | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich rieche | wir riechen | i | ich rieche | wir riechen |
du riechst | ihr riecht | du riechest | ihr riechet | ||
er riecht | sie riechen | er rieche | sie riechen | ||
preterite | ich roch | wir rochen | ii | ich röche1 | wir röchen1 |
du rochst | ihr rocht | du röchest1 du röchst1 |
ihr röchet1 ihr röcht1 | ||
er roch | sie rochen | er röche1 | sie röchen1 | ||
imperative | riech (du) rieche (du) |
riecht (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
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