Scratchen
German, noun/ˈskʁɛtʃən/
Scratchen is spelled S-C-R-A-T-C-H-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written German, the 305,454th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Scratchen is a German neuter noun meaning “scratching” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Tonerzeugung durch mit der Hand ausgeführtes Hin-und-her-Bewegen einer laufenden Schallplatte bei aufgelegter…”.
What does Scratchen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterscratching
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Tonerzeugung durch mit der Hand ausgeführtes Hin-und-her-Bewegen einer laufenden Schallplatte bei aufgelegter Nadel
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 Scratchen
- Scratchens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Scratchen?
- /ˈskʁɛtʃən/
- [ˈskʁɛt͡ʃn̩]
- [ˈskɹɛt͡ʃn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Scratchen in German?
Scratchen appears about once in every 28 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).