Bockspringen
German, noun[ˈbɔkˌʃpʁɪŋən]
Bockspringen is spelled B-O-C-K-S-P-R-I-N-G-E-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 38 million words in written German, the 366,741st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bockspringen is a German neuter noun meaning “leapfrog” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Sport, Spiel: ein weltweit verbreitetes Kinderspiel, das auch in den Sport Eingang gefunden hat”.
What does Bockspringen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterleapfrog
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sport, Spiel: ein weltweit verbreitetes Kinderspiel, das auch in den Sport Eingang gefunden hat
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 Bockspringen
- Bockspringens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bockspringen?
- [ˈbɔkˌʃpʁɪŋən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bockspringen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bockspringen in German?
Bockspringen appears about once in every 38 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).