"bock beer" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bock beers [plural]
Etymology: From German Bockbier, from Bock + Bier (“beer”). The former component is a southern German alteration of Einbeck, a brewery town in Lower Saxony, where the beer originally hails from. The Low German placename suffix -beck (“-brook”) was reinterpreted in southern dialects as the plural of Bock (“buck”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Bockbier}} German Bockbier, {{m|de|Bock}} Bock, {{m|de|Bier|t=beer}} Bier (“beer”), {{m|de|-beck|t=-brook}} -beck (“-brook”), {{m|de|Bock|t=buck}} Bock (“buck”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} bock beer (plural bock beers)
  1. A strong, dark lager of German origin. Wikipedia link: Einbeck, Lower Saxony Categories (topical): Beer Translations (strong, dark lager of German origin): bokbier [masculine, neuter] (Dutch), bockbier [masculine, neuter] (Dutch), Bockbier [neuter] (German), Bockbea [masculine] (Plautdietsch)

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