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Die Physiotherapeutin lockert die harten Muskeln an Fridas Oberschenkel. The physiotherapist loosens the tight muscles in Frida's thigh.

verb · B2

lockern

[ˈlɔkɐn]

to loosen, to relax

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Grammar

Present
er/sie/es lockert What happens now or usually.
Simple past (Präteritum)
er/sie/es lockerte The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfect (Perfekt)
er/sie/es hat gelockert The past in conversation. Verbs of movement or change take "ist", most others "hat".

Conjugation

The verb in every person; under each table, when German uses it.

Indikativ
Person Präsens Präteritum Perfekt
ich lockerelockertehabe gelockert
du lockerstlockertesthast gelockert
er/sie/es lockertlockertehat gelockert
wir lockernlockertenhaben gelockert
ihr lockertlockertethabt gelockert
sie/Sie lockernlockertenhaben gelockert
Präsens
What happens now or usually; with a time word also the future.
Präteritum
The past in stories and in writing; in speech mostly with sein, haben and the modal verbs.
Perfekt
The past in conversation.
More Tenses and Moods
Indikativ
Person Plusquamperfekt Futur I Futur II
ich hatte gelockertwerde lockernwerde gelockert haben
du hattest gelockertwirst lockernwirst gelockert haben
er/sie/es hatte gelockertwird lockernwird gelockert haben
wir hatten gelockertwerden lockernwerden gelockert haben
ihr hattet gelockertwerdet lockernwerdet gelockert haben
sie/Sie hatten gelockertwerden lockernwerden gelockert haben
Plusquamperfekt
What had happened before another moment in the past.
Futur I
Plans, promises and guesses about the future; often the Präsens is enough.
Futur II
What will be finished by a moment in the future, or a guess about the past.
Person Konjunktiv II
ich lockerte
du lockertest
er/sie/es lockerte
wir lockerten
ihr lockertet
sie/Sie lockerten
Konjunktiv II
Wishes, polite requests and what isn't real.

The same as the Präteritum, so German mostly says "würde" + infinitive instead: ich würde lockern.

Person Imperativ
du lockere!
ihr lockert!
Sie lockern Sie!
Imperativ
Requests and instructions to du, ihr and Sie.

How the Word Is Built

locker root n ending

-n
the ending of the infinitive after -el or -er: wandern, sammeln.

Word family

lockerdie Lockerungauflockern

In Otti's situations: Frida goes to physiotherapy

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