Bienenstock

German

Etymology

From Biene (“bee”) +‎ -n- +‎ Stock (“stock, store”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːnənˌʃtɔk/
• Hyphenation: Bie‧nen‧stock

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Noun

Bienenstock m (strong, genitive Bienenstockes or Bienenstocks, plural Bienenstöcke)

1. hive, beehive (artificial structure for housing bees, including the swarm and its combs)

   Synonym: (specialist; structure only) Beute

Declension

Declension of Bienenstock [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bienenstock	die	Bienenstöcke
genitive	eines	des	Bienenstockes, Bienenstocks	der	Bienenstöcke
dative	einem	dem	Bienenstock, Bienenstocke1	den	Bienenstöcken
accusative	einen	den	Bienenstock	die	Bienenstöcke

¹Now rare, see notes.

See also

• Bienennest

Further reading

• “Bienenstock” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Bienenstock” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Bienenstock” in Duden online
• Bienenstock on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de