bocken
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German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle High German bocken, equivalent to Bock + -en.
Verb
[edit]bocken (weak, third-person singular present bockt, past tense bockte, past participle gebockt, auxiliary haben)
- (of horses) to buck, to capriole, to be stubborn, to be unruly
- to be in season / in heat
- to play up, to act up (of children)
- (vulgar) to have it away, to have it off, to copulate
Conjugation
[edit]| infinitive | bocken | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | bockend | ||||
| past participle | gebockt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich bocke | wir bocken | i | ich bocke | wir bocken |
| du bockst | ihr bockt | du bockest | ihr bocket | ||
| er bockt | sie bocken | er bocke | sie bocken | ||
| preterite | ich bockte | wir bockten | ii | ich bockte1 | wir bockten1 |
| du bocktest | ihr bocktet | du bocktest1 | ihr bocktet1 | ||
| er bockte | sie bockten | er bockte1 | sie bockten1 | ||
| imperative | bock (du) bocke (du) |
bockt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]bocken (weak, third-person singular present bockt, past tense bockte, past participle gebockt, auxiliary haben)
- (slang, stative, of an activity) to be fun, enjoyable
- Synonym: schocken
- Fernsehen bockt nicht so, lass lieber ins Kino gehen.
- Watching TV is no fun, let's go to the movies instead.
- 2026 February 19, Adrian Breitling, “Der große Hype um den Taxiteller”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
- Der Hype um den Taxiteller, das aufwändige Testessen: „Grundsätzlich ist das im Kern ja total bescheuert“, sagt Ryko, als er und Schlappen den Imbissinhaber begrüßen. „Aber das bockt halt.“
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
[edit]Middle Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Dutch *bukken, from Proto-Germanic *bukkijaną, related to *beuganą (“to bend”).
Verb
[edit]bocken
Inflection
[edit]| infinitive | base form | bocken | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | bockens | ||||||
| dative | bockene | ||||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||||
| present | past | present | past | ||||
| 1st person singular | bocke | — | bocke | — | |||
| 2nd person singular | bocs, bockes | — | bocs, bockes | — | |||
| 3rd person singular | boct, bocket | — | bocke | — | |||
| 1st person plural | bocken | — | bocken | — | |||
| 2nd person plural | boct, bocket | — | boct, bocket | — | |||
| 3rd person plural | bocken | — | bocken | — | |||
| imperative | |||||||
| singular | boc, bocke | ||||||
| plural | boct, bocket | ||||||
| present | past | ||||||
| participle | bockende | — | |||||
Alternative forms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “bocken”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]bocken
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