Geruch
German
Etymology
From Middle High German ruch from an original *rūk, compare Dutch reuk and Vilamovian gyruch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈʁʊχ/, /ɡəˈʁuːχ/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ge‧ruch
Noun
Geruch m (strong, genitive Geruches or Geruchs, plural Gerüche)
- (countable) smell, odour
- 2017 March 24, Uta Neubauer, Neue Zürcher Zeitung:
- Seitdem treibt die US-Forscher die Frage um, wie man aus der Molekülstruktur auf den Geruch schliessen kann.
- Since then, US researchers have been investigating how to deduce the smell from the molecular structure.
- (uncountable) sense of smell, olfaction
- (countable)(figurative, dated) reputation
- 1906, Hermann Hesse, Unterm Rad [Beneath the Wheel], Berlin: S. Fischer:
- Man zählte zwar beide zu den Gescheiten und Begabtesten, aber Heilner genoß den halb spöttisch gemeinten Ruf eines Genies, während der andere im Geruch des Musterknaben stand.
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