bock beer

noun

A strong, dark lager of German origin.

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Meanings

nounbock beer (plural bock beers)

plural bock beers

  1. A strong, dark lager of German origin.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring

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bock
Broader
lagerlager beer
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bock

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. GermanBockbier
  2. Englishbock 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”).

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Translations

Dutch bokbier, bockbier
  • bokbierstrong, dark lager of German origin
  • bockbierstrong, dark lager of German origin
German Bockbier
  • Bockbierstrong, dark lager of German origin
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APA

bock beer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bock%20beer

MLA

“bock beer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bock%20beer. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bock beer,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bock%20beer.

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