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Bock
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bock воск
English
Proper noun
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Bavarian
Pronunciation
bar /b̥ok/
bar Bock
Etymology 1
bar gem-pro ine-pro 1
From bar gmh boc, gmh poc, from bar goh boc, from bar gmw-pro *bukk. Cognate to en buck, de Bock, nl bok, no bukk, sv bock, da buk.
Noun
m Böck Bock
buck, ram; the male of certain animals, especially goat, sheep, and roedeer
shoe
bar Schuach
bar gymnastics an apparatus for performing jumps, similar to a vaulting horse but shorter.
Derived terms
bar Goaßbock, bar Gaaßbock m billy goat
bar Stoabock, bar Staabock m ibex
bar 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 de -beck -brook was reinterpreted in southern dialects as the plural of bar Bock (etymology 1 above). Compare a fuller form still in bar Oambock, bar Ambock.
Noun
n
bock beer
bar Footwear
German
Pronunciation
de /bɔk/
de De-Bock.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Etymology 1
de buck :inh gmh:bok<ety:inh<goh:bok>> 1
From de gmh bok, from de goh bok, from de gmw-pro *bukk. Cognate with nl bok, en buck, da buk, sv bock, etc.
Noun
m,(e)s,^e ^chen,^lein
buck, ram; the male of certain animals, especially goat, sheep, and roedeer
de Ziegenbock / Geißbock Schafbock Rehbock
de also de sturer Bock a stubborn person
de Sturbock Sturkopf
de also de geiler Bock a man who is lecherous or sexually active
de geil wie ein Bock horny as a buck
de informal a blunder, mistake
de vehicles box driver's seat of a horse-drawn coach
de gymnastics an apparatus for performing jumps, similar to a vaulting horse but shorter.
Declension
m,(e)s,^e
Derived terms
de bocken bockig Steinbock<g:m><t:ibex, Capricorn> Sündenbock<g:m><t:scapegoat> Bockwurst
See also
de Geiß f
de Ziege f
Etymology 2
de beer
From a southern German alteration of Einbeck, a brewery town in Lower Saxony, where the beer originally hails from. The Low German placename suffix de -beck -brook was reinterpreted in southern dialects as the plural of de Bock (etymology 1 above). Compare a fuller form still in bar Oambock, bar Ambock.
Noun
n,,-
bock beer
Declension
n,,-
Derived terms
de Bockbier
de Maibock
Etymology 3
de desire
de sa भुज्
de ine-pro *bʰewg- enjoy
de rom bokh hunger; ultimately from de sa बुभुक्षा. Reinforced and perhaps semantically influenced by de Bock (etymology 1) in its sexual sense. second half of the 20th century and originally belonging to the Rotwelsch cant. Distant de Funktion 1.
Noun
m,s[both uncommon]:-,^e[chiefly humorous]
de Rotwelsch de Rotwelsch hunger
de colloquial with de haben, de kriegen, or de machen desire, interest de :auf(acc)<for something>
de Lust
de Ich will ins Kino gehen. Hast du Bock? I wanna go to the movies. Are you down for that?
de Ich kriege langsam Bock auf Tanzen. I’m starting to feel like dancing.
de Das macht Bock auf mehr. This makes you want more.
de https://books.google.de/books?id=_ijlAAAAMAAJ&q=Ziege+tanzen,+kein+bock&dq=Ziege+tanzen,+kein+bock&hl=de&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiVgu2g7PL4AhWlXfEDHQMYAbkQ6AF6BAgJEAM Die Forderung des Tages: ziemlich unsortierte Notizen zum Entwurf einer Denkschrift über angewandte Geisteswissenschaften Erwin Leibfried Litblockin-Verlag 1992 »Warum geht die Ziege nicht zum Tanzen? Weil sie keinen Bock hat!« Why won’t the goat go to the dances? Because she has no interest! Pun on etymology 1 with the alternative reading: “because she has no buck [to escort her]”.
de 2013 Marteria Kids (2 Finger an den Kopf) Keiner hat mehr Bock auf Kiffen, Saufen, Feiern. Nobody feels like blazing, boozing, partying anymore.
de fun, pleasure de colloquial with de machen fun, pleasure
de Spaß
de Macht’s Bock? Is it fun?
Usage notes
The plural is infrequent but is sometimes used in a jocularly fashion with no change in meaning: Hast du Böcke?
Declension
m,s:-,^e
Derived terms
de bocklos bocken
References
Further reading
de Goats Male animals Even-toed ungulates
Luxembourgish
Etymology
From lb gmh buc, from lb goh buc, alternative form of goh boc (which would have yielded lb *Back), from lb gmw-pro *bukk, from lb gem-pro *bukkaz.
Pronunciation
lb /bok/
Noun
m Béck
buck
trestle, support
box (driver's seat on a coach)
Further reading
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