Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

maibock

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mai-bock
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Example Sentences

"Compared with the winter bocks, maibocks also tend to have slightly more hop bitterness and hop flavor from noble Bavarian hop ..."

Etymology

From German Maibock (literally “May bock beer”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Maibock

Inflected Forms

maibocks (plural)

Questions

What does maibock mean?: A lager brewed to bock strength but lighter in colour, less malty, and drier and hoppier, associated with springtime and the month of May.
Where does maibock come from?: It is traced to German.

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