locken

Meaning

  1. (transitive, weak) to lure, to entice, to tempt
  2. (impersonal, transitive, weak) to be lured

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

spienzle

Lucerne

Lucerne

zöiggle

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈlɔkn̩]
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German locken, from Old High German lockōn, from Proto-West Germanic *lokkōn, from Proto-Germanic *lukkōną. Cognate with lügen (“to lie”), Latin laciō and Slovak lákať (“to allure”).

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