# der Bock

der Bock is a German noun meaning “buck”. Forms: des Bockes, die Böcke.

## Forms

- Genitive: des Bockes
- Plural: die Böcke

## In other languages

- Русский: козёл

## Noun

1. buck, ram; the male of certain animals, especially goat, sheep, and roedeer
2. a stubborn person
3. a man who is lecherous or sexually active
   - geil wie ein Bock — horny as a buck
4. _colloquial_ a blunder, mistake
5. box (driver's seat of a horse-drawn coach)
6. an apparatus for performing jumps, similar to a vaulting horse but shorter.

## Noun

1. bock beer

## Noun

1. hunger
2. _colloquial · with haben_ desire, interest
   - Ich will ins Kino gehen. Hast du Bock? — I wanna go to the movies. Are you down for that?
3. _colloquial · with machen_ fun, pleasure
   - Macht’s Bock? — Is it fun?

## Examples

- Wie viele Böcke sind in der Herde? — How many rams are there in the flock?
- Ich habe Bock auf Party. — I feel like having a party.
- Ich habe so keinen Bock auf diese Art Arbeit. — I am so not in a mood for this kind of work.
- Einen alten Bock gelüstet es wohl noch nach einem grünen Blatt. — Old cows eat tender grass.
- Ich habe echt null Bock darauf! — I don't feel like it anyway!

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Sources: Meanings and forms from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); example sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).
URL: https://wordwide.space/de-en/wort/Bock