kratzen
See also: Kratzen
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/
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- 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 scratch, to be scratchy or itchy (to cause itching)
- 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)
| infinitive | kratzen | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | kratzend | ||||
| past participle | gekratzt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich kratze | wir kratzen | i | ich kratze | wir kratzen | 
| du kratzt | ihr kratzt | du kratzest | ihr kratzet | ||
| er kratzt | sie kratzen | er kratze | sie kratzen | ||
| preterite | ich kratzte | wir kratzten | ii | ich kratzte1 | wir kratzten1 | 
| du kratztest | ihr kratztet | du kratztest1 | ihr kratztet1 | ||
| er kratzte | sie kratzten | er kratzte1 | sie kratzten1 | ||
| imperative | kratz (du) kratze (du) | kratzt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of kratzen (weak, auxiliary haben)
Derived terms
    
Derived terms
- abkratzen
- aufkratzen
- die Kurve kratzen
- Kratzen
- Kratzer
- Kratzbaum (“scratching post”) (for a cat)
- Kratzbürste
- kratzig
- verkratzen
- wegkratzen
- Wolkenkratzer
- zerkratzen
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