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German
Etymology
From Middle High German ruch from an original *rūk, compare Dutch reuk and Vilamovian gyruch.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡəˈʁʊχ/, /ɡəˈʁuːχ/
- 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.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Further reading
- “Geruch” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Geruch” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Geruch” in Duden online