frohlocken

See also: Frohlocken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vrōlocken (rejoice). Cognate with Dutch vrolijk (joyous), English frolic.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁoːˈlɔkn̩/
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  • Hyphenation: froh‧lo‧cken; pre-1996: froh‧lok‧ken

Verb

frohlocken (weak, third-person singular present frohlockt, past tense frohlockte, past participle frohlockt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive, formal) to rejoice, exult

Conjugation

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883) “frohlocken”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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