Smell

"Smell" in Dutch

geur

(sensation)

reuk

(sensation)

reukzin

(sense of smell)

stank

(sensation)

geuren

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

ruiken

(sense with nose)

ruiken

(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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