tuckern
German, verb/ˈtʊkərn/
tuckern is spelled T-U-C-K-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 127,251st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tuckern is a German verb meaning “to throb, to beat quickly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich (als Fahrzeug) langsam bewegen oder sich mittels eines motorgetriebenen Wasserfahrzeuges fortbewegen”.
What does tuckern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to throb, to beat quickly
- 2
to chug, to make continuous popping sounds
- 3
to chug along, to sail/drive fairly slowly making (or as if making) such sounds
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich (als Fahrzeug) langsam bewegen oder sich mittels eines motorgetriebenen Wasserfahrzeuges fortbewegen 2. klopfende Geräusche von sich geben, die an einen langsam laufenden Motor erinnern 3. leicht schmerzendes, klopfendes Gefühl in einem Körperteil erzeugen
noun: 1. klopfende, von einem langsamen Motor stammende oder daran erinnernde Geräusche
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 tuckern
- tuckert present singular third-person
- tuckerte past
- getuckert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- tuckernd participle present
- tuckre first-person indicative present
- tuckere first-person indicative present
- tucker first-person indicative present
- tuckerst indicative present second-person
- tuckerest second-person singular subjunctive
- tuckrest second-person singular subjunctive
- tuckeret plural second-person subjunctive
- tuckret plural second-person subjunctive
- tuckerten first-person indicative plural
- tuckertest indicative preterite second-person
- tuckertet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tuckern?
- /ˈtʊkərn/
- [ˈtʊ.kɐn]
- [ˈtʊkɐn]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tuckern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tuckern in German?
tuckern 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).