rüken

See also: ruken

Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon *rūkan, from Proto-Germanic *reukaną.

Verb

rüken (third-person singular simple present rückt or rüükt, past tense rook, past participle raken, auxiliary verb hebben)

  1. (transitive) to smell (something); to sniff (something)
  2. (intransitive) to use the sense of smell; to detect a smell
    an wat rükento smell something
  3. (intransitive) to reek; to smell bad
  4. (intransitive) to have a scent; to smell (some way)
    na wat rükento smell like something, to smell of something
  5. (transitive, slang) to tolerate (someone); to stand (someone)
    Ik kann em nich rüken.
    I cannot stand him.

Conjugation

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