Polyglot Dictionary

rauchen

/ˈʁaʊ̯xn̩/

verb A1

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

present (3rd sg.)
raucht
past
rauchte
perfect
hat geraucht

Meaning

  1. to smoke

    • Rauchen ist hier verboten.

      Smoking is forbidden here.

    • Hier darf man nicht rauchen. Draußen gibt es einen Raucherbereich.

      You may not smoke here. There is a smoking area outside.

V Category Action Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Portuguese

fumar

fumar is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "to smoke."

Practice

1 What does rauchen mean?

2 Fill the gap: ___ ist hier verboten.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches rauchen?

See also

verbcore-vocabulary

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