Rammbock

German

Etymology

rammen +‎ Bock

Pronunciation

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Noun

Rammbock m (strong, genitive Rammbocks or (less common) Rammbockes, plural Rammböcke)

(historical) battering ram
Synonym: Sturmbock
(construction) pile driver
Synonym: Ramme
(construction) block, weight on a pile driver
Synonym: Rammklotz

Declension

Declension of Rammbock [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rammbock	die	Rammböcke
genitive	eines	des	Rammbocks, Rammbockes¹	der	Rammböcke
dative	einem	dem	Rammbock, Rammbocke^1,2	den	Rammböcken
accusative	einen	den	Rammbock	die	Rammböcke

¹Less common.
²Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

Rammbock on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
“Rammbock” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Rammbock” in Duden online
“Rammbock” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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