démanger
French, verb/de.mɑ̃.ʒe/
démanger is spelled D-É-M-A-N-G-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written French, the 108,277th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Démanger is a French verb meaning “to itch, to cause to feel itchy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire éprouver une démangeaison”.
What does démanger mean in English?
verb
- 1
to itch, to cause to feel itchy
Vos doigts vous démangent.
- 2
to cause to have the desire to, to cause to itch for action
L'envie d'avoir un bébé me démange.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire éprouver une démangeaison. 2. Donner grande envie de faire quelque chose. 3. Avoir envie de débattre, de combattre, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of démanger
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- démangeant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- démangé participle past
- démange first-person indicative present
- démanges indicative present second-person
- démangeons first-person indicative plural
- démangez indicative plural present
- démangent indicative plural present
- démangeais first-person imperfect indicative
- démangeait imperfect indicative singular
- démangions first-person imperfect indicative
- démangiez imperfect indicative plural
- démangeaient imperfect indicative plural
- démangeai first-person historic indicative
- démangeas historic indicative past
- démangea historic indicative past
- démangeâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce démanger?
- /de.mɑ̃.ʒe/
- \de.mɑ̃.ʒe\
- [de.mɑ̃.ʒe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to démanger
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is démanger in French?
démanger appears about once in every 11 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).