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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