Low German

Verb

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.”

Conjugation

Related terms

• Röök
• Rüker
• röken