frohlocken

[fʁoːˈlɔkn̩]

/[fʁoːˈlɔkn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“frohlocken” is uncommon German (frequency #95,581 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,581
frequency rank, German
3,474
“F” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in Freude ausbrechen

Corpus desk

Index DE-frohlocken · frohlocken · German

frohlocken · rank #95,581 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,581
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,474
  • PHOTO-FINISH fristlosen

Nearest frequency peer: fristlosen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „frohlocken“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „frohlocken“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for frohlocken
PropertyValue
Headwordfrohlocken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[fʁoːˈlɔkn̩]
Letters10
Frequency rank#95,581
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „frohlocken“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).frohlockenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „fristlosen“ (#95,580), „frischgebackene“ (#95,579), „Frühlingsrollen“ (#95,583). Unter 3,474 „F“-Lemmata liegt „frohlocken“ bei #95,581. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

frohlocken is uncommon German at frequency #95,581 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [fʁoːˈlɔkn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in Freude ausbrechen".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for frohlocken, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is frohlocken, spelled F-R-O-H-L-O-C-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    in Freude ausbrechen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how frohlocken appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Wenn das Weihnachtsgeschäft beginnt und die Verkaufszahlen steigen, frohlockt der Einzelhändler.
  2. Die Industrie-Lobbyisten flogen im Dutzend ein und frohlockten über kommende Geschäfte, das Außenministerium der Vereinigten Staaten schickte einen Extratrupp Diplomaten.

This word in other languages

exult(English)exulter(Français)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "frohlocken"?
"frohlocken" is spelled F-R-O-H-L-O-C-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fʁoːˈlɔkn̩].
What does "frohlocken" mean?
As a verb, "frohlocken" means: in Freude ausbrechen
How do you pronounce "frohlocken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "frohlocken" is [fʁoːˈlɔkn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "frohlocken" come from?
"frohlocken" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "frohlocken", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

fristlosen#95,580Friesische#95,578freizügige#95,576Frauenteam#95,572

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list