rüken

From Middle Low German ruken, from Old Saxon *rūkan, from Proto-West Germanic *reukan, from Proto-Germanic *reukaną.

rüken (third-person singular simple present rückt or rüükt, past tense rook, past participle raken, auxiliary verb hebben)

1. (transitive) to smell (something); to sniff (something)
2. (intransitive) to use the sense of smell; to detect a smell

   an wat rüken ― to smell something

3. (intransitive) to reek; to smell bad
4. (intransitive) to have a scent; to smell (some way)

   na wat rüken ― to smell like something, to smell of something

5. (transitive, slang) to tolerate (someone); to stand (someone)

   Ik kann em nich rüken.

   I cannot stand him.

• Röök
• Rüker
• röken