German

Noun

Locken

1. plural of Locke "curls"

English

Alternative forms

• lucken

Verb

locken

1. (Scotland, Northern England or obsolete) past participle of lock

Adjective

locken ‎(comparative more locken, superlative most locken)

1. (Scotland, Northern England) Locked.

   Toom, forlorn locken-booths.‎

2. (Scotland, Northern England) Webbed (of hands or toes), also stingy, tightfisted.

   Locken fingers.‎

   The locken hands do not give much.‎

3. (Scotland, Northern England) Knit (of brows), also close-set, contracted.

   She stood there stock-still, her brows locken.‎

   • Harper, Alex; Fruits of Solitary Hours. (1852)

     A leering eye and locken brows, And large Mongolian mouth and nose.

References

• locken in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• The Dictionary of the Scots Language

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɔkn̩], [ˈlɔkŋ̩]
• Hyphenation: lo‧cken

Etymology 1

From Middle High German locken, from Old High German lockōn. Cognate with lügen ‎(“to lie”), Latin laciō and Slovak lákať ‎(“to allure”).

Verb

locken ‎(third-person singular simple present lockt, past tense lockte, past participle gelockt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to lure, entice
2. (transitive) to tempt
3. (transitive, impersonal) to be lured

Synonyms

• anködern, anlocken, anziehen, fortlocken, heranlocken, heranrufen, herauslocken, herbeilocken, herlocken, hervorlocken, hineinlocken, ködern, reizen, rufen, weglocken

Derived terms

• Lockvogel
• verlocken

Related terms

• lügen

Etymology 2

From Old High German lochōn, from Locke ‎(“curl”).

Verb

locken ‎(third-person singular simple present lockt, past tense lockte, past participle gelockt, auxiliary haben)

1. (transitive) to curl sth
2. (reflexive) to curl

Synonyms

• kräuseln, kringeln, ringeln, wellen

Conjugation

Swedish

Noun

locken

1. definite singular of lock
2. definite plural of lock