jucken
German, verb
jucken is spelled J-U-C-K-E-N (6 letters) and appears 2.2 times per million words in written German, the 22,305th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jucken is a German verb meaning “to itch (feel itchy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Jucken is a different word: “itching”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen unangenehmen, stechenden Reiz (meist auf der Haut) verursachen, den man durch Kratzen beseitigen möchte”.
What does jucken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to itch (feel itchy)
Mein Arm juckt.
- 2
to itch (cause an itchy feeling)
Der Arm juckt mich.
- 3
to itch (scratch as to relieve an itch)
Juck mich mal hier am Arm!
- 4
informalto itch, to cause an urge
Es juckt mich, dir von gestern zu erzählen.
- 5
colloquialto concern, interest
Was jucken mich deine Problemchen?!
noun
- 1
neuteritching
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen unangenehmen, stechenden Reiz (meist auf der Haut) verursachen, den man durch Kratzen beseitigen möchte 2. einen Juckreiz durch Kratzen oder Reiben beruhigen 3. einen Reiz ausüben
verb: 1. hüpfen, springen
noun: 1. Bedürfnis, sich zu kratzen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of jucken
- juckt present singular third-person
- juckte past
- gejuckt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- juckend participle present
- jucke first-person indicative present
- juckst indicative present second-person
- juckest second-person singular subjunctive
- jucket plural second-person subjunctive
- juckten first-person indicative plural
- jucktest indicative preterite second-person
- jucktet indicative plural preterite
- juck imperative second-person singular
- habe gejuckt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gejuckt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- juck! imperative singular
- jucke! imperative singular
- juckt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to jucken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jucken in German?
jucken appears 2.2 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).