bock beer

English

Etymology

From German Bockbier, from Bock + Bier (“beer”). The former component is 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 (“buck”).

Noun

bock beer (plural bock beers)

1. A strong, dark lager of German origin.

Translations

strong, dark lager of German origin

• Dutch: bokbier (nl) m or n, bockbier (nl) m or n
• German: Bockbier (de) n
• Plautdietsch: Bockbea m