Bock

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

• Goaßbock, Gaaßbock m (“billy goat”)
• Stoabock, Staabock m (“ibex”)
• böckln

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