jucken

See also: Jucken

German

Alternative forms

  • jücken (dialectal, else obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle High German jucken, jücken, from Old High German jucchen, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan. The form with -u- shows Upper German umlaut hindrance before velar geminate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjʊkən/, [ˈjʊkŋ]
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Verb

jucken (weak, third-person singular present juckt, past tense juckte, past participle gejuckt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to itch (feel itchy)
    Mein Arm juckt.My arm is itching.
  2. (transitive, sometimes impersonal) to itch (cause an itchy feeling)
    Der Arm juckt mich. (literally, “The arm itches me.”)
    Es juckt mich am Arm. (literally, “It itches me on the arm.”)
  3. (slightly informal) to itch (scratch as to relieve an itch)
    Juck mich mal hier am Arm!Itch me here on my arm please.
  4. (informal, transitive, impersonal) to itch, to cause an urge
    Es juckt mich, dir von gestern zu erzählen.I'm itching to tell you about yesterday. (literally, “It's itching me to tell you about yesterday.”)
  5. (colloquial, transitive, often in negation) to concern, interest
    Was jucken mich deine Problemchen?!What do I care about your little problems?! (literally, “What do your little problems itch me?!”)

Conjugation

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See also

Further reading

  • jucken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • jucken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • jucken” in Duden online
  • jucken” in OpenThesaurus.de
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