Geruchssinn
sense of smell
noun ge-ROOKHS-zin Less Common
Origin: from Geruch (smell) + Sinn (sense)
Usage Note
Geruchssinn is the sense of smell, normally used in the singular. Dogs are praised for their feiner Geruchssinn (keen sense of smell). The act of smelling something is Geruch.
Examples
"Eine Erkältung schwächt den Geruchssinn."
Natural Translation
A cold weakens the sense of smell.
Literal Translation
A cold weakens the smell-sense.
Related Words
- Akkommodation accommodation (focusing adjustment of the eye lens)
- Anosmie anosmia, loss of smell
- Blick look
- Bogengang semicircular canal (inner ear)
- Brennen burning sensation
- Dunkeladaptation dark adaptation (eye adjustment from light to darkness)
- Dämmerungssehen twilight vision, scotopic vision
- Eigengeruch body odour; characteristic personal scent
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