Also means
odour, scent
Usage Note
Geruch is a smell, neutral as to pleasantness; a pleasant one is Duft, a bad one Gestank. Figuratively im Geruch stehen means to have a reputation for something.
Examples
"Ein seltsamer Geruch lag in der Luft."
Natural Translation
A strange smell hung in the air.
Literal Translation
A strange smell lay in the air.
Related Words
- Akkommodation accommodation (focusing adjustment of the eye lens)
- Anosmie anosmia, loss of smell
- Blick look
- Bogengang semicircular canal (inner ear)
- Brennen burning sensation
- Dunkeladaptation dark adaptation (eye adjustment from light to darkness)
- Dämmerungssehen twilight vision, scotopic vision
- Eigengeruch body odour; characteristic personal scent
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