auflockern

/[ˈaʊ̯fˌlɔkɐn]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#73,252

in German word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

auflockern is aGermanverb. It means: locker machen, indem man etwas (zum Beispiel das Haar oder ein Kissen) schüttelt und Luft zwischen Einzelteile lässt Pronounced [ˈaʊ̯fˌlɔkɐn].

Key facts for auflockern
PropertyValue
Headwordauflockern
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈaʊ̯fˌlɔkɐn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#73,252
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of auflockern in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for auflockern is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaʊ̯fˌlɔkɐn]. Corpus data places it at rank #73,252 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for auflockern in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable German patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is auflockern, spelled A-U-F-L-O-C-K-E-R-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    locker machen, indem man etwas (zum Beispiel das Haar oder ein Kissen) schüttelt und Luft zwischen Einzelteile lässt
  2. 2
    die Stimmung gelöster (locker) machen
  3. 3
    aufspringen, die Sonne durchlassen
  4. 4
    die Muskeln kurz bewegen und dehnen, bevor sie angestrengt werden sollen

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This word in other languages

Frequency rank: #73,252 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "auflockern"?
"auflockern" is spelled A-U-F-L-O-C-K-E-R-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaʊ̯fˌlɔkɐn].
What does "auflockern" mean?
As a verb, "auflockern" means: locker machen, indem man etwas (zum Beispiel das Haar oder ein Kissen) schüttelt und Luft zwischen Einzelteile lässt
How do you pronounce "auflockern"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "auflockern" is [ˈaʊ̯fˌlɔkɐn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "auflockern" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.