Lockwort
German, noun/ˈlɔkˌvɔrt/
Lockwort is spelled L-O-C-K-W-O-R-T (8 letters). Lockwort is a German neuter noun meaning “a term arisen in animal-directed speech to attract a beast” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Lockwort mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutera term arisen in animal-directed speech to attract a beast
noun
- 1
neuteradult-directed speech that is sweet, enticing, or persuasive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Lockwort
- Lockwortes genitive
- Lockworts genitive
- Lockwörter plural
- Lockworte dative singular
- Lockwörtern dative definite plural
- Lockworten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Lockwort?
- /ˈlɔkˌvɔrt/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.