frohlocken
See also: Frohlocken
German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German vrōlocken (“rejoice”). Cognate with Dutch vrolijk (“joyous”), English frolic.[1]
Pronunciation
editVerb
editfrohlocken (weak, third-person singular present frohlockt, past tense frohlockte, past participle frohlockt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, formal) to rejoice, exult
Conjugation
editinfinitive | frohlocken | ||||
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present participle | frohlockend | ||||
past participle | frohlockt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich frohlocke | wir frohlocken | i | ich frohlocke | wir frohlocken |
du frohlockst | ihr frohlockt | du frohlockest | ihr frohlocket | ||
er frohlockt | sie frohlocken | er frohlocke | sie frohlocken | ||
preterite | ich frohlockte | wir frohlockten | ii | ich frohlockte1 | wir frohlockten1 |
du frohlocktest | ihr frohlocktet | du frohlocktest1 | ihr frohlocktet1 | ||
er frohlockte | sie frohlockten | er frohlockte1 | sie frohlockten1 | ||
imperative | frohlock (du) frohlocke (du) |
frohlockt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
References
edit- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “frohlocken”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Further reading
edit- “frohlocken” in Duden online
- “frohlocken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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