riechend
German, adjective[ˈʁiːçn̩t]
riechend is spelled R-I-E-C-H-E-N-D (8 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written German, the 187,243rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Riechend is a German adjective meaning “smelly, odorous, osmic” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a present participle of riechen.
What does riechend mean in English?
adjective
- 1
smelly, odorous, osmic
verb
- 1
present participle of riechen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Partizip Präsens des Verbs riechen
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 riechend
- riechender masculine nominative singular
- riechende feminine nominative singular
- riechendes neuter nominative singular
- riechenden genitive masculine singular
- riechendem dative masculine singular
- der riechende definite includes-article masculine
- die riechende definite feminine includes-article
- das riechende definite includes-article neuter
- die riechenden definite includes-article nominative
- des riechenden definite genitive includes-article
- der riechenden definite feminine genitive
- dem riechenden dative definite includes-article
- den riechenden dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce riechend?
- [ˈʁiːçn̩t]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to riechend
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is riechend in German?
riechend appears about once in every 12 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).