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Kalle riecht mit seiner großen Nase an einem Pilz. Kalle sniffs a mushroom with his big nose.

verb · A2

riechen

[ˈʁiːçn̩]

to smell

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Other Examples

  • Ich rieche Feuer! Grillt hier jemand?

    I can smell fire! Is someone having a barbecue here?

  • Riechst du die Blumen auf der Wiese?

    Can you smell the flowers in the meadow?

  • Am See riechen wir das Wasser und den Wald.

    At the lake we can smell the water and the forest.

  • Warum riecht ihr so nach Pilzen?

    Why do you smell so much of mushrooms?

  • Wildschweine riechen Futter auch unter der Erde.

    Wild boars can smell food even under the ground.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es riecht What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es roch The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gerochen The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich riecherochhabe gerochen
du riechstrochsthast gerochen
er/sie/es riechtrochhat gerochen
wir riechenrochenhaben gerochen
ihr riechtrochthabt gerochen
sie/Sie riechenrochenhaben gerochen
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte gerochenwerde riechenwerde gerochen haben
du hattest gerochenwirst riechenwirst gerochen haben
er/sie/es hatte gerochenwird riechenwird gerochen haben
wir hatten gerochenwerden riechenwerden gerochen haben
ihr hattet gerochenwerdet riechenwerdet gerochen haben
sie/Sie hatten gerochenwerden riechenwerden gerochen haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich röche
du röchst
er/sie/es röche
wir röchen
ihr röcht
sie/Sie röchen
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.
Person Imperativ
du riech!
ihr riecht!
Sie riechen Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

riech root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

der Geruch

In Otti's situations: Kalle in the forest

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