locken
to lure, to entice
- Past (Präteritum)
- lockte
- Past participle
- gelockt (haben)
A regular verb that expresses an attraction or temptation. In the context of the text, it describes the enticement of a job offer away from the narrator's familiar life by the coast. It is used with 'haben' as it denotes a state or act of persuasion rather than a sudden change of location of the subject itself in this figurative sense; however, it can imply movement toward the source of the lure in specific constructions like 'jemanden in eine Falle locken'. Very common in figurative contexts involving temptations or opportunities.
Conjugation
Present
- lock
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
- lockt
- present, singular, third-person
- locke
- first-person, indicative, present, singular
- locken
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- lockst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- lockte
- past
- lockten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- locktest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- locktet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- locket
- form-of, plural, second-person, subjunctive-i
- locke
- first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- locken
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lockest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- lockte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- lockten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- locktest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- locktet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gelockt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gelockt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gelockt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gelockt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gelockt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gelockt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gelockt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gelockt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde locken
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden locken
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest locken
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet locken
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde locken
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden locken
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest locken
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet locken
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gelockt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gelockt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gelockt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gelockt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gelockt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gelockt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- lock
- form-of, imperative, singular
- locke
- imperative, second-person, singular
- lockt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gelockt
- participle, past
- lockend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- locken
- infinitive
Other
- habe gelockt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gelockt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gelockt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gelockt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gelockt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gelockt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gelockt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gelockt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gelockt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- locken werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde locken
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden locken
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst locken
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet locken
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird locken
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gelockt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gelockt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gelockt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gelockt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gelockt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gelockt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person