bocken

See also: Bocken and Böcken

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bocken, equivalent to Bock + -en.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bocken (weak, third-person singular present bockt, past tense bockte, past participle gebockt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (of horses) to buck, to capriole, to be stubborn, to be unruly
  2. to be in season / in heat
  3. to play up, to act up (of children)
  4. (vulgar) to have it away, to have it off, to copulate

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • bocken” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • bocken” in Duden online

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *bukken, from Proto-Germanic *bukkijaną, related to *beuganą (to bend).

Verb

bocken

  1. to bend, to stoop
  2. to bow

Inflection

Weak
Infinitive bocken
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive bocken
In genitive bockens
In dative bockene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular bocke
2nd singular bocs, bockes
3rd singular boct, bocket
1st plural bocken
2nd plural boct, bocket
3rd plural bocken
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular bocke
2nd singular bocs, bockes
3rd singular bocke
1st plural bocken
2nd plural boct, bocket
3rd plural bocken
Imperative Present
Singular boc, bocke
Plural boct, bocket
Present Past
Participle bockende

Alternative forms

  • bucken

Descendants

  • Dutch: bukken
  • Limburgish: bókke

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

bocken

  1. definite singular of bock
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