bock beer

noun

variants or bock

: a heavy dark rich beer usually sold in the early spring

Word History

Etymology

bock beer partial translation of German Bockbier, from Bavarian variants (as Oambock, Ambock, earlier Ainpöckisch Bier) of standard German Einbeckerbier, literally, "beer from Einbeck," from Einbeck, town in Hannover, Germany; bock borrowed from German, short for Bockbier

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler

The first known use of bock beer was in 1835

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