locker

Meaning

lockern

to loosen, to ease (grip), to relax (standards)

Opposite of
verkrampft
Frequency

B1
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

logg

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

lugg

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Etymology

In summary

From an adjectival form of Middle High German lücke / lugge, with further origin uncertain; perhaps related to Lücke (“gap”) and Loch (“hole”), via semantic development along the lines of "gap" > "loose opening" > "loose". Compare the semantics of English gap → gappy.

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