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rocken

German, verb

rocken is spelled R-O-C-K-E-N (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 25,938th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rocken is a German verb meaning “to get done, to accomplish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rocken is a different word: “distaff”. On this page, Röcken is a different word: “dative plural of Rock”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Rockmusik machen”.

What does rocken mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to get done, to accomplish

  2. 2

    to rock out

  3. 3

    to rock (be cool, be amazing)

noun

as Rocken
  1. 1

    masculinedistaff

noun

as Röcken
  1. 1

    masculinedative plural of Rock

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Rockmusik machen 2. zu Rockmusik tanzen 3. etwas stößt auf Begeisterung, wird als positiv empfunden

noun: 1. stabförmiges Gerät beim Spinnen, an dem ein Vorrat der zu spinnenden Fasern befestigt ist 2. Trockengerüst für Heu

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 rocken

  • Rockens genitive
  • rockt present singular third-person
  • rockte past
  • gerockt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • rockend participle present
  • rocke first-person indicative present
  • rockst indicative present second-person
  • rockest second-person singular subjunctive
  • rocket plural second-person subjunctive
  • rockten first-person indicative plural
  • rocktest indicative preterite second-person
  • rocktet indicative plural preterite
  • rock imperative second-person singular
  • rocke! imperative singular
  • rockt! imperative plural
  • gerockt haben active infinitive perfect
  • zu rocken active extended infinitive

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to rocken

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is rocken in German?

rocken appears 1.8 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).

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