riechen
to smell
- Past (Präteritum)
- roch
- Past participle
- gerochen (haben)
Transitive (*Ich rieche Knoblauch*) and *nach* + Dat (*Du riechst nach Parfüm*) and *an* + Dat (active sniffing). Nose verbs: *gut / schlecht riechen*. *Das riecht nach Ärger* (= That smells like trouble).
Conjugation
Present
- riecht
- present, singular, third-person
- rieche
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- riechen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- riechst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- roch
- past
- rochen
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- rochst
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- rocht
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- röche
- past, subjunctive
- rieche
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- riechen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- riechest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- riechet
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- röchen
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- röchest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- röchst
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- röchet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- röcht
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gerochen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gerochen
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gerochen
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gerochen
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gerochen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gerochen
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gerochen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gerochen
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde riechen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden riechen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest riechen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet riechen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde riechen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden riechen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest riechen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet riechen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gerochen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gerochen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gerochen haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gerochen haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
Imperative
- riech
- imperative, second-person, singular
- rieche
- imperative, second-person, singular
- riecht
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gerochen
- participle, past
- riechend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- riechen
- infinitive
Other
- habe gerochen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gerochen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gerochen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gerochen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gerochen
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gerochen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gerochen
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gerochen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gerochen
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- riechen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde riechen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden riechen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst riechen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet riechen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird riechen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gerochen haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gerochen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gerochen haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gerochen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gerochen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gerochen haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
Prefixed forms (1)
- beriechen (inseparable)
dogs sniffing each other
Die Hunde beriechen sich. — The dogs sniff each other.