English
maibock
Maibock comes from German Maibock ‘a maibock, a type of bock beer’.
- Germanc. 1650–presentMaibock‘a maibock, a type of bock beer’literally ‘May bock beer’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011maibock
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- Germanc. 1650–presentMaibock‘a maibock, a type of bock beer’literally ‘May bock beer’
- Englishearliest quotation 2011maibock
Earliest quotation: 2011, Garrett Oliver, The Oxford Companion to Beer: “Compared with the winter bocks, maibocks also tend to…”
Every English word from German Maibock
Today it means
noun A lager brewed to bock strength but lighter in colour, less malty, and drier and hoppier, associated with springtime and the month of May.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / German Maibock / maibock