Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

locken

/lɒkən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.05 in modern English

Syllables: lock-en
IPA: /lɒkən/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

past participle of lock.

adj

adj

Webbed (of hands or toes).

adj

Stingy, tight-fisted.

adj

Knit (of brows), also close-set, contracted.

name

Example Sentences

"locken fingers"
"The locken hands do not give much."
"She stood there stock-still, her brows locken."
"A leering eye and locken brows, / And large Mongolian mouth and nose."

Etymology

Probably an Americanized spelling of Norwegian Løkken or German Löcken.

Origin

Source language: Norwegian

Word Breakdown

Root: Løkken, Löcken

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /lɒkən/

Inflected Forms

lucken (alternative) more locken (comparative) most locken (superlative) Lockens (plural)

Rhymes With

talkin moroccan aachen conshohocken dokken kochan lokken docken

Questions

How do you pronounce locken?: The recorded pronunciation is /lɒkən/.
What does locken mean?: past participle of lock.
Where does locken come from?: It is traced to Norwegian.

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