Bock
German, noun/bɔk/
Bock is spelled B-O-C-K (4 letters) and appears 29 times per million words in written German, the 2,820th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bock is a German masculine noun meaning “buck, ram; the male of certain animals, especially goat, sheep, and roedeer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “männliches Tier von Schaf und Ziege oder Rehwild, sowie von Nagetieren wie Meerschweinchen, Ratten, Mäusen…”.
What does Bock mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebuck, ram; the male of certain animals, especially goat, sheep, and roedeer
- 2
masculinea stubborn person
- 3
masculinea man who is lecherous or sexually active
geil wie ein Bock
- 4
informalmasculinea blunder, mistake
- 5
masculinebox (driver's seat of a horse-drawn coach)
- 6
masculinean apparatus for performing jumps, similar to a vaulting horse but shorter.
noun
- 1
neuterbock beer
noun
- 1
masculinehunger
- 2
colloquialmasculinedesire, interest
Ich will ins Kino gehen. Hast du Bock?
- 3
colloquialmasculinefun, pleasure
Macht’s Bock?
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. männliches Tier von Schaf und Ziege oder Rehwild, sowie von Nagetieren wie Meerschweinchen, Ratten, Mäusen, Kaninchen 2. Bockkäfer (insbesondere den Hausbock) 3. ein vierbeiniges oder klobiges Gestell 4. Lust, Interesse, Teilnahme
noun: 1. Bier mit einem Stammwürzegehalt über 16 %
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Bock
- Bockes genitive
- Bocks genitive
- Böcke plural
- Böckchen diminutive neuter
- Böcklein diminutive neuter
- Bocke dative singular
- Böcken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bock?
- /bɔk/
- [bɔk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bock
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bock in German?
Bock appears 29 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).