jucken
See also: Jucken
German
Alternative forms
- jücken (dialectal, else obsolete)
Etymology
From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), 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]
Audio (file)
Verb
jucken (weak, third-person singular present juckt, past tense juckte, past participle gejuckt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to itch (feel itchy)
- Mein Arm juckt. ― My arm is itching.
- (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.”)
- (slightly informal) to itch (scratch as to relieve an itch)
- Juck mich mal hier am Arm! ― Itch me here on my arm please.
- (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.”)
- (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
Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Derived terms
- Jucken
- Juckerei, Gejucke
- Juckpulver
- Juckreiz
- in den Fingern jucken
See also
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