bocken
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German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file)
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 | ||||
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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.
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]Weak | ||
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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
[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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