English

Proper noun

Bock

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɔk]

Etymology 1

From Old High German boc, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bhug̑- ‎(“ram”). Cognate to English buck.

Noun

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

1. he-goat
2. buck (male of a variety of other animals)

Declension

See also

• Geiß f
• Ziege f

Etymology 2

From Einbeck, a noted brewery town from which this beer hails.

Noun

Bock n ‎(genitive Bocks, plural Bock)

1. bock beer

Declension

Derived terms

• Maibock

Related terms

• Bockbier

Etymology 3

From Romani bokh, from Sanskrit बुभुक्षा ‎(bubhukṣā, “hunger”).

Noun

Bock m ‎(genitive -, no plural)

1. (colloquial) desire, interest to do something

   Ich hab keinen Bock auf Tanzen.‎

   I don't feel like dancing.

Synonyms

• (desire): Lust

Luxembourgish

Noun

Bock m ‎(plural Béck)

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

English

Noun

bock ‎(plural bocks)

1. A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.

French

Noun

bock m ‎(plural bocks)

1. a beer glass having the capacity of approximately a quarter of a litre
2. the content of such a beer glass

Related terms

• sous-bock

Manx

Etymology

From Old Irish boc, poc, pocc (compare Irish boc).

Noun

bock m ‎(genitive singular bock, plural buick)

1. buck, male (of animals)
2. gelding

Derived terms

• bock goayr ‎(“billygoat”)

Mutation

References

• “2 boc” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “poc(c)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Swedish

bock (gymnastics equipment)

Etymology

From Old Swedish bukker, bokker, from Old Norse bokkr, bukkr, from Proto-Germanic *bukkaz‚ from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuǵno-, *bʰukkos, *bʰugkó-.

Noun

bock c

1. a buck; the male of goat and deer
2. the tick mark (✓), indicating errors in Swedish schoolbooks
3. a sawhorse
4. a mount for a (roller) bearing
5. a bend or fold of sheet metal
6. a tool to bend or fold sheet metal
7. leapfrog is called hoppa bock
8. a gymnastics tool for leapfrogging

Declension

Related terms