Smell

"Smell" in German

Geruch

(sensation)

Geruchssinn

(sense of smell)

Riechen

(sense of smell)

riechen

(sense with nose)

riechen

(to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")

stinken

(to have a particular smell, whether good or bad; if descriptive, followed by "like" or "of")

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