er spukt

haunts

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verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person plural, present tense / 2nd-person plural Rare #29,925
haunts Often used impersonally in “Es spukt,” meaning “It’s haunted.”
GE: In diesem alten Haus spukt es.
EN: This old house is haunted.
Conjugation of spuken
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Second — spukt
Third spukt —
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second — spukt

Wahrscheinlich spukt es da.

It’s probably haunted.

Sein Geist spukt noch immer in dem Anwesen.

His ghost still haunts the property.

Jeden Sommer spukt sie hier durch den Saal.

Every summer, she haunts this hall.

— Das süße Leben (1960)

Es spukt hier nämlich!

It's haunted here, you know!

— A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)

Auf dem Schiff spukt es.

The ship is haunted.

— Pirates of the Caribbean - Fluch der Karibik 2 (2006)

Da spukt es wahrscheinlich.

It’s probably haunted there.

Dort spukt es nämlich gewaltig!

It’s seriously haunted there!

— A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)

Mom glaubt, dass es im Bad hinten spukt.

Mom thinks there’s a ghost haunting the bathroom in the back.

— The Running Man (2025)

In Toms Haus spukt es.

Tom's house is haunted.