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verb · B1

jucken

[ˈjʊkn̩]

to itch

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Other Examples

  • Mein Rücken juckt, kannst du mal kratzen?

    My back itches - can you scratch it?

  • Juckt dich der Mückenstich noch?

    Is the mosquito bite still itching?

  • Lottes neuer Wollpullover juckt am Hals.

    Lotte's new wool jumper itches at the neck.

  • Nach dem Spaziergang im Wald juckten Kalles Beine.

    After the walk in the forest, Kalle's legs itched.

  • Es juckt mich überall, seit ich die neue Seife benutze.

    I've been itching all over since I started using the new soap.

Grammar

Present
er/sie/es juckt What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es juckte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gejuckt The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich juckejucktehabe gejuckt
du juckstjucktesthast gejuckt
er/sie/es jucktjucktehat gejuckt
wir juckenjucktenhaben gejuckt
ihr jucktjucktethabt gejuckt
sie/Sie juckenjucktenhaben gejuckt
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte gejucktwerde juckenwerde gejuckt haben
du hattest gejucktwirst juckenwirst gejuckt haben
er/sie/es hatte gejucktwird juckenwird gejuckt haben
wir hatten gejucktwerden juckenwerden gejuckt haben
ihr hattet gejucktwerdet juckenwerdet gejuckt haben
sie/Sie hatten gejucktwerden juckenwerden gejuckt haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich juckte
du jucktest
er/sie/es juckte
wir juckten
ihr jucktet
sie/Sie juckten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde jucken.

Person Imperativ
du juck!
ihr juckt!
Sie jucken Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

juck root en ending

-en
the ending of the infinitive, the form of a verb in the dictionary.

Word family

der Juckreiz

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