riechen

A1 Verb frequency rank #4,849

What riechen means

Verb

to smell (something); to sniff (something)
to use the sense of smell; to detect a smell
to smell something
to reek; to smell bad

Forms

riechen · riecht · roch · hat gerochen (+ Akkusativ; nach + Dativ)

Pronunciation

riechen in a sentence

Ich rieche den frischen Kaffee.

I smell the fresh coffee.

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riechen is A1 German — one of the first words a beginner meets, ranked #4,849 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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