frohlocken

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, formal) to rejoice, exult

Conjugation

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References

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

Further reading

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