lockermachen
German, verb[ˈlɔkɐˌmaxn̩]
lockermachen is spelled L-O-C-K-E-R-M-A-C-H-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 219,861st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lockermachen is a German verb meaning “to loosen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas locker machen”.
What does lockermachen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to loosen
- 2
to pay out
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas locker machen 2. Geld für jemanden oder etwas hergeben 3. jemanden bewegen, Geld herzugeben
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 lockermachen
- macht locker present singular third-person
- machte locker past
- lockergemacht participle past
- haben auxiliary
- lockermachend participle present
- lockerzumachen infinitive infinitive-zu
- mache locker first-person indicative present
- machen locker first-person indicative plural
- machst locker indicative present second-person
- machest locker second-person singular subjunctive
- machet locker plural second-person subjunctive
- machten locker first-person indicative plural
- machtest locker indicative preterite second-person
- machtet locker indicative plural preterite
- locker machen alternative
- mach locker! imperative singular
- mache locker! imperative singular
- macht locker! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lockermachen?
- [ˈlɔkɐˌmaxn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is lockermachen in German?
lockermachen appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).