The Dutch word for to smell is
ruiken
Translations for to smell and their definitions
| ruiken | |
| 1. v. To smell (i.e. to perceive a smell) | |
| Het is net alsof ik ruik / Dat de bloemen alweer bloeien / En de zon weer altijd brandt — It is just as if I smelled / That the flowers were again blooming / And the sun were again always | |
| 2. v. To smell (i.e. to emit a smell) |
| geur | |
| 1. n. A scent, smell, odour, odor. | |
| 2. n. (figuratively) (notably the diminutive, with the indefinite article: een geurtje) An appearance, something associated, especially in a negative sense | |
| Ik betrouw dat zaakje niet, er zit een geurtje aan! | |
| I don't trust that affair, there's something fishy about it! | |
| 3. v. first-person singular present indicative of geuren | |
| 4. v. imperative of geuren |
| reuk | |
| 1. n. smell |
| stank | |
| 1. n. stench |
| geuren | |
| 1. v. to smell (have a particular smell) | |
| 2. n. Plural form of geur |
| stinken | |
| 1. v. to stink |
| reukzin | |
| 1. olfaction |
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