to hit (about smell)

by **Erik** » May 10th, 2011, 1:13 pm

What's the Dutch verb for " to hit" in the following sentence?
The smell hit me as I entered the room. = De geur ... toen ik de kamer binnenkwam.

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by **andreengels** » May 10th, 2011, 3:29 pm

Difficult, I'm not sure whether there *is* a clear word for that in Dutch. I think I would go with "overvallen" - De geur overviel me toen ik de kamer binnenkwam

by **Joke** » May 10th, 2011, 6:10 pm

Another option is in het gezicht slaan, although I think that this expression is more common with heath than with smell. If it's a strong and bad smell, you can use it, but than we'd rather use stank instead of geur.

The stank sloeg me in het gezicht toen ik de kamer binnenkwam.