Lockruf
German, noun[ˈlɔkˌʁuːf]
Lockruf is spelled L-O-C-K-R-U-F (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lockruf is a German masculine noun meaning “siren call” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ruf, der dazu dient, etwas (meist Tiere) anzulocken”.
What does Lockruf mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesiren call
- 2
masculinemating call
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ruf, der dazu dient, etwas (meist Tiere) anzulocken
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 Lockruf
- Lockrufes genitive
- Lockrufs genitive
- Lockrufe plural
- Lockrufen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lockruf?
- [ˈlɔkˌʁuːf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Lockruf in German?
Lockruf appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).