German language construction

riechen nach (+ Dat.)

Translation

to smell of

Text examples

Text:Das Essen riecht nach Knoblauch.
Translation:The food smells of garlic.

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riechen nach (+ Dat.) is a grammatical construction of the German language. Translation into English: to smell of. Difficulty level — A2. Ready-made constructions help you build phrases correctly, taking word order and government into account, and speak in whole turns of phrase rather than translating each word separately.

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