German word
riechen in German sentences
riechen means "to smell" in English. Learn the word with article or verb notes, real German examples, and sentence practice.
Examples
Das Kind riecht an der Blume.
The child smells the flower.
Wir riechen Rauch im Treppenhaus.
We smell smoke in the stairwell.
Lara riecht die Suppe vor dem Essen.
Lara smells the soup before eating.
Lara riecht nicht direkt an der Chemikalie.
Lara does not smell the chemical directly.
Nach dem Regen riecht der Garten frisch.
After the rain, the garden smells fresh.
Common mistake
Do not memorize only the infinitive riechen. Read it in short sentences so word order and forms become familiar.