scheuchen
German, verb/ˈʃɔɪçən/
scheuchen is spelled S-C-H-E-U-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 120,168th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scheuchen is a German verb meaning “to shoo, to drive (to make someone/something move quickly in a certain direction by way of threats, authority, loud noises, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit Lauten und Gesten in eine Richtung treiben”.
What does scheuchen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shoo, to drive (to make someone/something move quickly in a certain direction by way of threats, authority, loud noises, etc.)
Ein Vogel hatte sich in unser Wohnzimmer verirrt, also haben wir ihn durch die Hintertür wieder nach draußen gescheucht.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit Lauten und Gesten in eine Richtung treiben
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 scheuchen
- scheucht present singular third-person
- scheuchte past
- gescheucht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- scheuchend participle present
- scheuche first-person indicative present
- scheuchst indicative present second-person
- scheuchest second-person singular subjunctive
- scheuchet plural second-person subjunctive
- scheuchten first-person indicative plural
- scheuchtest indicative preterite second-person
- scheuchtet indicative plural preterite
- scheuch imperative second-person singular
- habe gescheucht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gescheucht first-person indicative multiword-construction
- scheuch! imperative singular
- scheuche! imperative singular
- scheucht! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce scheuchen?
- /ˈʃɔɪçən/
- [ˈʃɔɪ̯çn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to scheuchen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is scheuchen in German?
scheuchen appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).