locken
German, verb
locken is spelled L-O-C-K-E-N (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,647th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Locken is a German verb meaning “to lure, to entice, to tempt” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, löcken is a different word: “to kick, kick out”. With a capital, Locken is a different word: “plural of Locke "curls"”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Locken ins Haar machen”.
What does locken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lure, to entice, to tempt
Wir locken den Feind in eine Falle.
- 2
to be lured
verb
- 1
to curl (something)
- 2
to curl
verb
- 1
to kick, kick out
noun
- 1
plural of Locke "curls"
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Locken ins Haar machen 2. jemanden mit Hilfe eines Versprechens zu einer Handlung bewegen 3. Kleinkind auf den Arm nehmen, in den Armen wiegen
verb: 1. mit den Füßen ausschlagen, Widerstand leisten
noun: 1. der Vorgang, zu löcken
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 locken
- lockt present singular third-person
- lockte past
- gelockt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- lockend participle present
- locke first-person indicative present
- lockst indicative present second-person
- lockest second-person singular subjunctive
- locket plural second-person subjunctive
- lockten first-person indicative plural
- locktest indicative preterite second-person
- locktet indicative plural preterite
- lock imperative second-person singular
- habe gelockt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gelockt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- locke! imperative singular
- lockt! imperative plural
- gelockt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to locken
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is locken in German?
locken appears 11 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).