Bocksbeutel
German, noun[ˈbɔksˌbɔɪ̯tl̩]
Bocksbeutel is a German masculine noun meaning “a wine bottle used for certain German wines, with a distinctive rounded body” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Weinflasche, die als gedrücktes Ellipsoid geformt ist und typisch für das Weinanbaugebiet Franken ist”.
What does Bocksbeutel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea wine bottle used for certain German wines, with a distinctive rounded body
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Weinflasche, die als gedrücktes Ellipsoid geformt ist und typisch für das Weinanbaugebiet Franken ist 2. Nachlässigkeit, Schlendrian 3. Name zweier Orchideengattungen (Orchis und Epidendrum)
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 Bocksbeutel
- Bocksbeutels genitive
- Bocksbeuteln dative definite plural
- Bocksbeutelchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bocksbeutel?
- [ˈbɔksˌbɔɪ̯tl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Bocksbeutel in German?
Bocksbeutel appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).