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bock beer

bock beer noun: a strong, dark lager of German origin.

Noun

bock beer (plural bock beers)

  1. A strong, dark lager of German origin.

Forms of bock beer

pluralbock beers

Origin of bock beer

From German Bockbier, from Bock + Bier (“beer”). The former component is 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 (“buck”).

Questions about bock beer

What does bock beer mean?
Bock beer means a strong, dark lager of German origin.
What part of speech is bock beer?
Bock beer is a noun.
What is the plural of bock beer?
The plural of bock beer is bock beers.

Words near bock beer in the dictionary

  1. bochup
  2. bochur
  3. bochurim
  4. Bocicoiu Mare
  5. bock
  6. bock beer
  7. bock beers
  8. bockadam
  9. bockadams
  10. bocked
  11. bockedy

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