smells : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

	English	German
	smells and bells (as a feature of Catholic/Orthodox Churches) [pej.]	Weihrauch und Glockengeläut (als Merkmal katholischer/orthodoxer Kirchen) [pej.] [relig.]
	cooking smells; cooking odours [Br.]; cooking odors [Am.]	Kochgerüche {pl} [pej.] [cook.]
	He smells a rat.	Er riecht den Braten.
	alcohol halitosis; malodorous breath from alcohol	Alkoholfahne {f}; Fahne {f} [ugs.]
	His breath smells of booze/reeks of alcohol/smells like a brewery.	Er hat eine Fahne.
	fishy smell	Fischgeruch {m}
	fishy smells	Fischgerüche {pl}
	smell; odour [Br.]; odor [Am.]	Geruch {m}; Odor {m} [geh.]
	smells	Gerüche {pl}
	smell of almonds; (bitter) almond smell	Mandelgeruch {m}
	the smell of fresh rain	Geruch von frischem Regen
	to smell {smelled / smelt [Br.]; smelled / smelt [Br.]} (of)	duften; riechen {vi} (nach)
	smelling	duftend
	smelt	geduftet
	he/she/it smells	er/sie/es duftet
	I/he/she/it smelled / smelt [Br.]	ich/er/sie/es duftete
	he/she has/had smelled / smelt [Br.]	er/sie hat/hatte geduftet
	strangely	merkwürdig; seltsam {adv}
	It smells strangely.	Es riecht merkwürdig.
	to smell {smelled / smelt [Br.]; smelled / smelt [Br.]} (emit a particular odour or scent)	riechen {vi} (einen bestimmten Geruch verströmen)
	smelling	riechend
	smelled; smelt	gerochen
	he/she/it smells	er/sie/es riecht
	I/he/she/it smelled / smelt [Br.]	ich/er/sie/es roch
	he/she/it has/had smelled / smelt [Br.]	er/sie/es hat/hatte gerochen
	I/he/she would smell	ich/er/sie röche
	to smell good / nice	gut riechen
	to smell bad / awful	schlecht / furchtbar riechen
	That tea smells good.	Der Tee riecht gut.
	The water smells funny.	Das Wasser riecht komisch.
	I can smell burning.	Es riecht brenzlig.
	to smell {smelled / smelt [Br.]; smelled / smelt [Br.]} (of sth. [Br.], when the substance is present / like sth.)	nach etw. riechen; schmecken [Bw] [Schw.] {v}
	to smell faintly of cinnamon [Br.] / like cinnamon [Am.]	leicht nach Zimt riechen
	The shampoo smells like peaches.	Das Shampoo riecht nach Pfirsich.
	He smelled strongly of alcohol. [Br.]; He smelled strongly like alcohol. [Am.]	Er roch stark nach Alkohol.
	What does it smell like to you?	Wonach riecht das deiner Meinung nach?
	The place smells of [Br.] / like [Am.] deep-frying fat from the kitchen.	Hier riecht's nach Frittierfett aus der Küche.
	The air smelled of [Br.] / like [Am.] something burnt.; The air smelled burnt.	Es roch (dort) nach Verbranntem.; Er roch verbrannt.
	to smell {smelled / smelt [Br.]; smelled / smelt [Br.]}; to stink {stank/stunk, stunk} (of sth.)	stinken {vi} (nach etw.)
	smelling; stinking	stinkend
	smelled; smelt [Br.]; stunk	gestinkt
	he/she/it smells; he/she/it stinks	er/sie/es stinkt
	I/he/she/it smelled / smelt [Br.]; I/he/she/it stank	ich/er/sie/es stank
	he/she/it has/had smelled / smelt [Br.]; he/she/it has/had stunk	er/sie/es hat/hatte gestunken
	I/he/she/it would stink	ich/er/sie/es stänke
	His clothes smelled / stank of fish.	Seine Kleider stanken nach Fisch.
	If I don't get a shower soon I'll start to smell / stink.	Wenn ich nicht bald zum Duschen komme, fange ich an zu stinken.
	It smells in here.	Da stinkt's.
	Something stinks in here.	Da stinkt etwas.
	Whew, what smells?	Uh, was stinkt denn da so?
	The room smelled / smelt [Br.] to high heaven.	In dem Raum war ein Gestank sondergleichen.
	This whole situation stinks to high heaven. [fig.]	Die ganze Sache stinkt zum Himmel. [übtr.]