The Dutch word for to smell is
ruiken
Translations for to smell and their definitions
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 |
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) |
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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