Geruchssinn
German, noun/ɡəˈʁʊχsˌzɪn/
Geruchssinn is spelled G-E-R-U-C-H-S-S-I-N-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 53,554th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geruchssinn is a German masculine noun meaning “smell (sense of)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Riechwahrnehmung, die die physiologische Wahrnehmung des Geruches ermöglicht”.
What does Geruchssinn mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesmell (sense of)
- 2
masculineolfaction
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Riechwahrnehmung, die die physiologische Wahrnehmung des Geruches ermöglicht
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 Geruchssinn
- Geruchssinnes genitive
- Geruchssinns genitive
- Geruchssinne plural
- Geruchssinnen dative definite plural
- Geruchsinn variant rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Geruchssinn?
- /ɡəˈʁʊχsˌzɪn/
- /ɡəˈʁuːχsˌzɪn/
- [ɡəˈʁʊxsˌzɪn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Geruchssinn
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Geruchssinn in German?
Geruchssinn appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).