Lockout
[lɔkˈʔaʊ̯t]
The verdict
“Lockout” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Maßnahme eines Arbeitgebers/einer Liga, im Fall von großen Auseinandersetzungen/Meinungsverschiedenheiten mit den Arbeitnehmern den Betrieb zeitweilig einzustellen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lockout |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [lɔkˈʔaʊ̯t] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Lockout” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Lockout is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [lɔkˈʔaʊ̯t]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Maßnahme eines Arbeitgebers/einer Liga, im Fall von großen Auseinandersetzungen/Meinungsverschiedenheiten mit den Arbeitnehmern den Betrieb zeitweilig einzustellen".
Lockout has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Lockout, spelled L-O-C-K-O-U-T.
Definition
- 1Maßnahme eines Arbeitgebers/einer Liga, im Fall von großen Auseinandersetzungen/Meinungsverschiedenheiten mit den Arbeitnehmern den Betrieb zeitweilig einzustellen
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Lockout”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is L-O-C-K-O-U-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [lɔkˈʔaʊ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.