rauchen
German, verb
rauchen is spelled R-A-U-C-H-E-N (7 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written German, the 3,312th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rauchen is a German verb meaning “to smoke, give off smoke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rauchen is a different word: “gerund of rauchen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas anzünden und den Rauch einatmen”.
What does rauchen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to smoke, give off smoke
Das abgebrannte Haus raucht noch immer.
- 2
to smoke (tobacco etc.)
Ich rauche nicht.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of rauchen
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Rauch
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas anzünden und den Rauch einatmen 2. Qualm in die Luft abgeben oder ausstoßen
noun: 1. Handlung, Zigaretten (oder andere Rauchwaren) zu konsumieren
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 rauchen
- raucht present singular third-person
- rauchte past
- geraucht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- rauchend participle present
- rauche first-person indicative present
- rauchst indicative present second-person
- rauchest second-person singular subjunctive
- rauchet plural second-person subjunctive
- rauchten first-person indicative plural
- rauchtest indicative preterite second-person
- rauchtet indicative plural preterite
- rauch imperative second-person singular
- habe geraucht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geraucht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- rauche! imperative singular
- raucht! imperative plural
- geraucht haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rauchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rauchen in German?
rauchen appears 25 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).