böcke

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Central Franconian

Alternative forms

  • becke (Moselle Franconian)

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *bukkijaną.

Pronunciation

Verb

böcke (third-person singular present böck, past participle jeböck or jebock)

  1. (Ripuarian, reflexive) to bend down, to stoop
    Et jitt e Denge, et jitt e Denge,
    Wann de Mädcher sich böcke,
    Dann hann se et henge.
    There’s a thing, there’s a thing,
    When the girls bend down,
    It’s in the back. (An old vulgar rhyme.)
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