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Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German ruken, from Old Saxon *rūkan, from Proto-West Germanic *reukan, from Proto-Germanic *reukaną.
Verb
rüken (third-person singular simple present rückt or rüükt, past tense rook, past participle raken, auxiliary verb hebben)
- (transitive) to smell (something); to sniff (something)
- (intransitive) to use the sense of smell; to detect a smell
- an wat rüken ― to smell something
- (intransitive) to reek; to smell bad
- (intransitive) to have a scent; to smell (some way)
- na wat rüken ― to smell like something, to smell of something
- (transitive, slang) to tolerate (someone); to stand (someone)
Ik kann em nich rüken.- I cannot stand him.
Conjugation
Conjugation of rüken (class 2 strong verb)