Feminine

Locke

Meaning

  1. (feminine) curl (single loop in hair)
  2. (feminine) lock or length of hair, especially when wavy or falling in a particular direction

Concepts

Synonyms

Haarwelle

Lockenringel

Haarlocke

Stück Wolle

Sturmlocke

Föhnwelle

tolle Tolle

Schmalzlocke

Haarsträhne

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

logge

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɔkə/
Etymology

In summary

From the plural of earlier Lock m, from Middle High German loc, from Old High German loc, from Proto-West Germanic *lukk, from Proto-Germanic *lukkaz. Cognate with Dutch lok, English lock, Danish lok.

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