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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