Locke
German, noun
Locke is spelled L-O-C-K-E (5 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 20,214th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Locke is a German feminine noun meaning “curl (single loop in hair)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, locke is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “gekräuseltes Haar”.
What does Locke mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecurl (single loop in hair)
- 2
femininelock or length of hair, especially when wavy or falling in a particular direction
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. gekräuseltes Haar 2. kurz für den Lockmarsch
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Locke
- Locken plural
- Löckchen diminutive neuter
- Loke alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Locke
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Locke in German?
Locke appears 2.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).