locken.
to lure, to entice, to tempt
Meaning & usage
to lure, to entice, to tempt
Wir locken den Feind in eine Falle.
to be lured
Where this word comes from
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”).
to curl (something)
to curl
Where this word comes from
From Old High German lochōn, from Locke (“curl”). The expected form *lochen was analogically reformed based on the noun.
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