lutschen
German, verb[ˈlʊ.t͡ʃn̩]
lutschen is spelled L-U-T-S-C-H-E-N (8 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 23,884th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lutschen is a German verb meaning “to suck; to keep something in one's mouth while licking it constantly, as done with lollipops or hard candies” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas im Mund zwischen Zunge und Gaumen bewegen, um es zergehen zu lassen und zu verspeisen”.
What does lutschen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to suck; to keep something in one's mouth while licking it constantly, as done with lollipops or hard candies
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas im Mund zwischen Zunge und Gaumen bewegen, um es zergehen zu lassen und zu verspeisen 2. etwas im Mund zwischen Zunge und Gaumen bewegen
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 lutschen
- lutscht present singular third-person
- lutschte past
- gelutscht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- lutschend participle present
- lutsche first-person indicative present
- lutschst indicative present second-person
- lutschest second-person singular subjunctive
- lutschet plural second-person subjunctive
- lutschten first-person indicative plural
- lutschtest indicative preterite second-person
- lutschtet indicative plural preterite
- lutsch imperative second-person singular
- habe gelutscht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- lutsch! imperative singular
- lutsche! imperative singular
- lutscht! imperative plural
- gelutscht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lutschen?
- [ˈlʊ.t͡ʃn̩]
- [ˈluː.t͡ʃn̩]
- [ˈlʊt͡ʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lutschen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lutschen in German?
lutschen appears 2.0 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).