mucken
German, verb
mucken is spelled M-U-C-K-E-N (6 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 19,169th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mucken is a German verb meaning “to grumble, give a weak sound of discontent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, Mücken is a different word: “plural of Mücke”. With a capital, Mucken is a different word: “plural of Mucke”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein kleines, leises Geräusch von sich geben, das Widerwille/Widerstand ausdrückt”.
What does mucken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grumble, give a weak sound of discontent
- 2
to be defiant, noncompliant, especially against someone who threatens one
Willst du mucken? Dann fängst du dir direkt eine, Alter!
noun
- 1
plural of Mücke
noun
- 1
feminineplural of Mucke
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein kleines, leises Geräusch von sich geben, das Widerwille/Widerstand ausdrückt 2. sich auch nur vorsichtig oder unwillkürlich 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 mucken
- muckt present singular third-person
- muckte past
- gemuckt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- mucksen variant
- mucke present
- muckst present
- muck! imperative singular
- mucke! imperative singular
- muckt! imperative plural
- gemuckt haben active infinitive perfect
- zu mucken active extended infinitive
- gemuckt zu haben active extended infinitive
- muckend participle present active
- habe gemuckt! imperative uncommon second-person
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is mucken in German?
mucken appears 2.8 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).