Bock

See also: bock and воск

English

Proper noun

Bock

1. A surname
2. A city in Minnesota.

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɔk]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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

1. he-goat
2. buck (male of a variety of other animals)
3. (gymnastics, by analogy) apparatus used for performing jumps; similar to a vaulting horse but shorter.

See also

• Geiß f
• Ziege f

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 (genitive Bocks, plural Bock)

1. bock beer

Derived terms

• Bockbier
• Maibock

Etymology 3

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

Noun

Bock m (genitive Bock, plural Böcke)

1. (colloquial) desire, interest to do something; construed with haben, kriegen, or machen + auf
   • 2013, Marteria, "Kids (2 Finger an den Kopf)".

     Keiner hat mehr Bock auf Kiffen, Saufen, Feiern.

     Nobody feels like blazing, boozing, partying anymore.

   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.

2. (colloquial) fun, pleasure; construed with machen without auf

   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?

Synonyms

• (desire): Lust
• (fun): Spaß

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bok/

Noun

Bock m (plural Béck)

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