Geruchssinn

[ɡəˈʁʊxsˌzɪn]

/[ɡəˈʁʊxsˌzɪn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Geruchssinn” is uncommon German (frequency #53,726 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,726
frequency rank, German
5,117
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Riechwahrnehmung, die die physiologische Wahrnehmung des Geruches ermöglicht

Corpus desk

Index DE-geruchssinn · Geruchssinn · German

Geruchssinn · rank #53,726 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,726
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,117
  • PHOTO-FINISH geraume

Nearest frequency peer: geraume (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Geruchssinn“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Geruchssinn“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Geruchssinn
PropertyValue
HeadwordGeruchssinn
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɡəˈʁʊxsˌzɪn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#53,726
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Geruchssinn“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Geruchssinnfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „geraume“ (#53,725), „Geräuschkulisse“ (#53,727), „gepunktet“ (#53,724). Unter 5,117 „G“-Lemmata liegt „Geruchssinn“ bei #53,726. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Geruchssinn is uncommon German at frequency #53,726 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈʁʊxsˌzɪn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Riechwahrnehmung, die die physiologische Wahrnehmung des Geruches ermöglicht".

Zero misspellings are on record for Geruchssinn in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Geruchssinn, spelled G-E-R-U-C-H-S-S-I-N-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Riechwahrnehmung, die die physiologische Wahrnehmung des Geruches ermöglicht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Geruchssinn appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Der Geruchssinn eines Hundes ist dem eines Menschen weit überlegen.
  2. Schweine können sich auf ihren Geruchssinn verlassen.

Synonyms

Riechsinn

This word in other languages

olfaction(English)viento(Español)odorat(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Geruchssinn"?
"Geruchssinn" is spelled G-E-R-U-C-H-S-S-I-N-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɡəˈʁʊxsˌzɪn].
What does "Geruchssinn" mean?
As a noun, "Geruchssinn" means: Riechwahrnehmung, die die physiologische Wahrnehmung des Geruches ermöglicht
How do you pronounce "Geruchssinn"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Geruchssinn" is [ɡəˈʁʊxsˌzɪn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Geruchssinn" come from?
"Geruchssinn" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Geruchssinn", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

geschenkten#53,731Frühschicht#53,703Hafenbecken#53,753forschenden#53,692

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list