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rieken
rieken
Dutch
Verb
rieken
- (formal) to stink
- (Belgium, informal) to smell (i.e. to produce, give off a smell)
- (Belgium, informal) to smell (i.e. to sense a smell)
Inflection
| Inflection of rieken (strong class 2) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rieken | |||
| past singular | rook | |||
| past participle | geroken | |||
| infinitive | rieken | |||
| gerund | rieken n | |||
| verbal noun | — | |||
| present tense | past tense | |||
| 1st person singular | riek | rook | ||
| 2nd person sing. (jij) | riekt | rook | ||
| 2nd person sing. (u) | riekt | rook | ||
| 2nd person sing. (gij) | riekt | rookt | ||
| 3rd person singular | riekt | rook | ||
| plural | rieken | roken | ||
| subjunctive sing.1 | rieke | roke | ||
| subjunctive plur.1 | rieken | roken | ||
| imperative sing. | riek | |||
| imperative plur.1 | riekt | |||
| participles | riekend | geroken | ||
| 1) Archaic. | ||||
Synonyms
Anagrams
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch riekan, from Proto-Germanic *reukaną.
Verb
rieken
- Alternative form of ruken
Inflection
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Descendants
- Dutch: rieken