Bock

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See also: bock and воск

English

Proper noun

Bock (plural Bocks)

  1. A surname.
  2. A city in Minnesota.

Bavarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /b̥ok/
  • Hyphenation: Bock

Etymology 1

From Middle High German boc, poc, from Old High German boc, from Proto-West Germanic *bukk. Cognate to English buck, German Bock, Dutch bok, Norwegian bukk, Swedish bock, Danish buk.

Noun

Bock m (plural Böck or Bock)

  1. buck, ram; the male of certain animals, especially goat, sheep, and roedeer
  2. shoe
    Synonym: Schuach
  3. (gymnastics) an apparatus for performing jumps, similar to a vaulting horse but shorter.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From a southern German alteration of Einbeck, a brewery town in Lower Saxony, where the beer originally hails from. The Low German placename suffix -beck (“-brook”) was reinterpreted in southern dialects as the plural of Bock (etymology 1 above). Compare a fuller form still in Oambock, Ambock.

Noun

Bock n

  1. bock beer

German

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Middle High German boc, poc, from Old High German boc, from Proto-West Germanic *bukk. Cognate to English buck, Bavarian Bock, Dutch bok, Norwegian bukk, Swedish bock, Danish buk.

Noun

Bock m (strong, genitive Bockes or Bocks, plural Böcke, diminutive Böckchen n or Böcklein n)

  1. buck, ram; the male of certain animals, especially goat, sheep, and roedeer
    Hyponyms: Ziegenbock / Geißbock, Schafbock, Rehbock
  2. (also sturer Bock) a stubborn person
    Synonyms: Sturbock, Sturkopf
  3. (also geiler Bock) a man who is lecherous or sexually active
    geil wie ein Bock ― horny as a buck
  4. (informal) a blunder, mistake
  5. (vehicles) a seat for a coachman
  6. (gymnastics) an apparatus for performing jumps, similar to a vaulting horse but shorter.
Declension
Declension of Bock
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bock die Böcke
genitive eines des Bockes, Bocks der Böcke
dative einem dem Bock, Bocke1 den Böcken
accusative einen den Bock die Böcke

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms
See also
Descendants
  • Masurian: bok (“buck”)

Etymology 2

From a southern German alteration of Einbeck, a brewery town in Lower Saxony, where the beer originally hails from. The Low German placename suffix -beck (“-brook”) was reinterpreted in southern dialects as the plural of Bock (etymology 1 above). Compare a fuller form still in Bavarian Oambock, Ambock.

Noun

Bock n (strong, genitive Bocks, plural Bock)

  1. bock beer
Declension
Declension of Bock
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Bock die Bock
genitive eines des Bocks der Bock
dative einem dem Bock den Bock
accusative ein das Bock die Bock
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Since the second half of the 20th century and originally belonging to the Rotwelsch cant. Borrowed from Romani bokh (“hunger”), from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा (bubhukṣā). Reinforced and perhaps semantically influenced by Bock (etymology 1) in its sexual sense.

Noun

Bock m (strong, genitive Bock, plural Böcke)

  1. (Rotwelsch) hunger
  2. (colloquial) desire, interest to do something; construed with haben, kriegen, or machen + auf
    Synonym: Lust
    • 2013, Marteria, "Kids (2 Finger an den Kopf)".
      Keiner hat mehr Bock auf Kiffen, Saufen, Feiern.
      Nobody feels like blazing, boozing, partying anymore.
    • 1992, Erwin Leibfried, Die Forderung des Tages: ziemlich unsortierte Notizen zum Entwurf einer Denkschrift über angewandte Geisteswissenschaften‎, Litblockin-Verlag:
      »Warum geht die Ziege nicht zum Tanzen? Weil sie keinen Bock hat!«
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    Hast du Bock? ― Do you feel like it?
    Ich kriege langsam Bock auf Tanzen. ― I’m starting to feel like dancing.
    Das macht Bock auf mehr. ― This makes you want more.
  3. (colloquial) fun, pleasure; construed with machen without auf
    Synonym: Spaß
    Macht’s Bock? ― Is it fun?
Usage notes
  • The plural is rare but is sometimes used in a jocularly fashion with no change in meaning: Hast du Böcke?
Declension
Declension of Bock
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bock die Böcke
genitive eines des Bock der Böcke
dative einem dem Bock den Böcken
accusative einen den Bock die Böcke

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Bock”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “Bock” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German buc, from Old High German buc, alternative form of boc (which would have yielded Luxembourgish *Back), from Proto-West Germanic *bukk, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

Bock m (plural Béck)

  1. buck
  2. trestle, support
  3. box (driver's seat on a coach)
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