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German
Etymology
From Middle High German kratzen, from Old High German krazzōn, chrazzōn, from Proto-Germanic *krattōną, from Proto-Indo-European *gred- (compare Albanian gërresë (“rasp, scraper”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkʁat͡sn̩/
- Hyphenation: krat‧zen
Verb
kratzen (weak, third-person singular present kratzt, past tense kratzte, past participle gekratzt, auxiliary haben)
- to scratch (rub a surface with a sharp, pointy rough object, especially to remove itching)
- to remove by scratching
- Eis von der Scheibe kratzen ― to scratch ice off the window
- to produce a noise by scratching
- Die Nadel kratzt über die Schallplatte. ― The needle shrieks on the vinyl.
- to scratch, to be scratchy or itchy (to cause itching)
- Mein Pullover kratzt. ― My sweater is itchy.
- Synonyms: schrappen, schrammen, schaben
- to scratch (mark a surface with a sharp object)
- (colloquial, chiefly in the negative) to annoy, to bother
- Das kratzt mich nicht. ― I don't care. (literally, “That doesn't bother me.”)
- (slang) to jack, mooch, steal
Conjugation
Conjugation of
kratzen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
kratzen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “kratzen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “kratzen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “kratzen” in Duden online
- “kratzen” in OpenThesaurus.de