Geruch
German, noun/ɡəˈʁʊχ/
Geruch is spelled G-E-R-U-C-H (6 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,360th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geruch is a German masculine noun meaning “smell, odour” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch das Geruchsorgan wahrgenommene Ausdünstung; subjektive Sinneswahrnehmung”.
What does Geruch mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmell, odour
- 2
masculinesense of smell, olfaction
- 3
masculine(figurative, dated) reputation
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. durch das Geruchsorgan wahrgenommene Ausdünstung; subjektive Sinneswahrnehmung 2. Fähigkeit zu riechen, einer der fünf klassischen Sinne 3. der Geruchsstoff selbst; objektive Materie die von [1] und [2] subjektiviert wird 4. das Ansehen, das jemand bei anderen hat
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Geruch
- Geruches genitive
- Geruchs genitive
- Gerüche plural
- Geruche dative singular
- Gerüchen dative definite plural
- Gerüchlein diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Geruch?
- /ɡəˈʁʊχ/
- /ɡəˈʁuːχ/
- [ɡəˈʁʊx]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Geruch
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Geruch in German?
Geruch appears 14 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).