raucht

Raucht is the third-person singular present indicative form of the German verb rauchen, meaning to smoke. It is used with third-person subjects to describe someone or something smoking, such as a person or an object producing smoke. The infinitive rauchen forms the present tense with endings: ich rauche, du rauchst, er raucht, wir rauchen, ihr raucht, sie rauchen. The form raucht corresponds to "he smokes" or "it smokes" in English.

Pronunciation: raucht is pronounced [ʁaʊ̯xt]. The "au" digraph yields a diphthong, and the "ch" after a back vowel is the velar fricative [x].

Usage notes: In everyday German, raucht is not treated as a separate lexical item; it is the third-person singular present tense form of rauchen. It can appear in statements about smoking tobacco, smoking related activities, or in descriptions of objects that emit smoke.

Etymology: The form is derived from the infinitive rauchen, with standard German verb conjugation patterns.

See also: Rauch (smoke), Raucher (smoker), Rauchen (smoking).