Jucken

I vt/i

1. itch; mich juckts I’m itching; es juckt mich am Arm my arm’s itching; der Pullover juckt the pullover’s scratchy (oder itchy)

2. fig.: es juckt(e) mich zu (+ Inf.) I’d love to (+ Inf.) (I was tempted oder itching to + Inf.); dich / dir juckt wohl das Fell what’s got into you all of a sudden?; das juckt mich nicht why should I care?; es scheint ihn nicht zu jucken it doesn’t seem to bother him (in the slightest); ihn juckte nur das Geld money was the only thing he cared about (oder he was after); wen juckts? who cares?; das juckt niemanden nobody could care less (umg. give a damn); lass jucken! (come on,) get on with it!

II v/refl umg. (sich kratzen) scratch o.s.

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das Jucken

itch; itchiness; itching

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jụ|cken ['jʊkn]

1. vti

to itch

es juckt mich am Rücken, der Rücken juckt mir or mich — my back itches

der Stoff juckt mich — this material makes me itch

es juckt mich, das zu tun (inf) — I'm itching to do it (inf)

ihn juckt das Geld dabei (inf) — he finds the money attractive

das juckt mich doch nicht (inf) — I don't care

lass jucken (sl) — let your hair down (inf)

or der Buckel (inf) — he's asking for a good hiding

wens juckt, der kratze sich (prov) — if you don't like it you know what you can do (inf)

2. vt

(= kratzen) to scratch

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das

1) (an irritating feeling in the skin that makes one want to scratch: He had an itch in the middle of his back and could not scratch it easily.) itch

2) itchiness

3) (to have an itch: Some plants can cause the skin to itch.) itch

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Ju·cken

<-s>

[ˈjʊkn̩]

nt kein pl itching no pl

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das; Juckens itching

ein Jucken verspüren — feel an itch

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Jucken n; -s, kein pl itch(ing)

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das; Juckens itching

ein Jucken verspüren — feel an itch

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n.

itchiness n.

itching n.