lecken
German, verb
lecken is spelled L-E-C-K-E-N (6 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written German, the 8,847th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lecken is a German verb meaning “to lick (with the tongue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Lecken is a different word: “cunnilingus (oral sex performed on a female person)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit der Zunge an einer Oberfläche herumfahren”.
What does lecken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lick (with the tongue)
Der Hund leckte sein Fell.
- 2
vulgarto lick (to perform cunnilingus)
Mein Freund leckt total gerne.
verb
- 1
to leak (a liquid, such as water)
- 2
to seep
noun
- 1
neutergerund of lecken
- 2
neutercunnilingus (oral sex performed on a female person)
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Leck
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit der Zunge an einer Oberfläche herumfahren 2. und dadurch etwas aufnehmen; schlecken 3. und dadurch etwas benetzen; befeuchten 4. nicht dicht sein; durch ein Leck auslaufen
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 lecken
- leckt present singular third-person
- leckte past
- geleckt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- leckend participle present
- lecke first-person indicative present
- leckst indicative present second-person
- leckest second-person singular subjunctive
- lecket plural second-person subjunctive
- leckten first-person indicative plural
- lecktest indicative preterite second-person
- lecktet indicative plural preterite
- leck imperative second-person singular
- habe geleckt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geleckt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- lecke! imperative singular
- leckt! imperative plural
- geleckt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to lecken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lecken in German?
lecken appears 7.6 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).