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German VERB B1 Rank 11469

lutschen

to suck

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lutschen

to suck on

To move something around in the mouth and work it with the tongue and lips in order to take in its flavor or dissolve it, without biting it.

example

Das Kind lutscht genüsslich an einem Bonbon.

The child is happily sucking on a piece of candy.

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near_synonym

lutschen vs nerven

to annoy

'nerven' and 'lutschen' can sound similar in very colloquial language when something is bad or annoying. 'nerven' is the normal and clearly more neutral word for this. You can use it in many everyday situations. In this use, 'lutschen' means roughly that something is very bad or annoying, but it sounds very slangy and can also come across as crude. That is why it fits better among friends or in youth slang, not in polite or official situations.

Visual example for nerven
lutschen

Der neue Stundenplan lutscht, weil wir jeden Tag sehr spät Schluss haben.

The new schedule sucks because we finish very late every day.

nerven

Mich nervt es, wenn der Bus jeden Morgen zu spät kommt.

It annoys me when the bus is late every morning.

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