jucken

• jücken (dialectal, else obsolete)

From Middle High German jucken, jücken, from Old High German jucchen, from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan. The form with -u- shows (chiefly Upper German) umlaut hindrance before a velar geminate; here likely reinforced by the desire to avoid jü- (which in German exists only in derivatives of jung and Jude; cf. also the total absence of ji-).

• IPA^(key): /ˈjʊkən/, [ˈjʊ.kŋ̍], [-k(ə)n]

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• Hyphenation: ju‧cken

jucken (weak, third-person singular present juckt, past tense juckte, past participle gejuckt, auxiliary haben)

1. (intransitive) to itch (feel itchy)

   Mein Arm juckt. ― My arm is itching.

2. (transitive, sometimes impersonal) to itch (cause an itchy feeling)

   Der Arm juckt mich. (literally, “The arm itches me.”)

   Es juckt mich am Arm. (literally, “It itches me on the arm.”)

3. (slightly informal) to itch (scratch as to relieve an itch)

   Synonym: kratzen

   Juck mich mal hier am Arm! ― Itch me here on my arm please.

4. (informal, transitive, impersonal) to itch, to cause an urge

   Es juckt mich, dir von gestern zu erzählen. ― I'm itching to tell you about yesterday. (literally, “It's itching me to tell you about yesterday.”)

5. (colloquial, transitive, often in negation) to concern, interest

   Was jucken mich deine Problemchen?! ― What do I care about your little problems?! (literally, “What do your little problems itch me?!”)

• Jucken
• Juckerei, Gejucke
• Juckpulver
• Juckreiz
• in den Fingern jucken

• “jucken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “jucken” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “jucken” in Duden online
• “jucken” in OpenThesaurus.de