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übelriechend

German, adjective[ˈyːbl̩ʁiːçn̩t]

übelriechend is spelled Ü-B-E-L-R-I-E-C-H-E-N-D (12 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Übelriechend is a German adjective meaning “malodorous, foul-smelling” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sehr unangenehm riechend”.

What does übelriechend mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    malodorous, foul-smelling

  2. 2

    putrid

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. sehr unangenehm riechend

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 übelriechend

  • übelriechender masculine nominative singular
  • übelriechende feminine nominative singular
  • übelriechendes neuter nominative singular
  • übelriechenden genitive masculine singular
  • übelriechendem dative masculine singular
  • der übelriechende definite includes-article masculine
  • die übelriechende definite feminine includes-article
  • das übelriechende definite includes-article neuter
  • die übelriechenden definite includes-article nominative
  • des übelriechenden definite genitive includes-article
  • der übelriechenden definite feminine genitive
  • dem übelriechenden dative definite includes-article
  • den übelriechenden dative definite includes-article
  • übel riechend alternative
  • am übelriechendsten superlative

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce übelriechend?

  • [ˈyːbl̩ʁiːçn̩t]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to übelriechend

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is übelriechend in German?

übelriechend appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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