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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English boxen, replacing earlier bixen, from Old English byxen (“made of boxwood”), equivalent to box + -en.
Adjective
boxen (comparative more boxen, superlative most boxen)
- Made of boxwood.
- Resembling box (the wood).
Etymology 2
From box (“computer”) + -en (archaic plural suffix), by analogy with VAXen.[1]
Noun
boxen
- (nonstandard, humorous) plural of box (“computer”)
2004, Joel Spolsky, chapter 40, in Joel on Software, Apress, →ISBN, page 287:Reality: Sun and HP are hardware companies. They make boxen.
References
- ^ “boxen”, in FOLDOC, 1994 November 29, retrieved July 10, 2023
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
boxen
- third-person plural present indicative of boxar
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English box.
Pronunciation
Verb
boxen (weak, third-person singular present boxt, past tense boxte, past participle geboxt, auxiliary haben)
- to box (strike with the fists)
1769, Henry Brooke, “Herrn Brookens vornehmer Thor; oder Heinrichs Grafen von Moreland Geschichte. Aus dem Englischen. I Theil. [The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry, Earl of Moreland]”, in Landbibliothek zu einem angenehmen und lehrreichen Zeitvertreibe aus verschiedenen Sprachen zusammengetragen, volume 16, Leipzig: M. G. Weidmanns Erben und Reich, pages 275–276:„Wozu soll ich mich ausziehen?“ saget Thoms.
„Zum Bocksen:“ antwortet Heinrich.
„Warum wolltest du dich mit mir bocksen, Heinz? Ich habe dich ja gewiß nicht geschlagen:“ sagete Thoms.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
boxen (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Further reading
- “boxen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “boxen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “boxen” in Duden online
- “boxen” in OpenThesaurus.de
Luxembourgish
Verb
boxen (third-person singular present boxt, past participle geboxt, auxiliary verb hunn)
- to box
Conjugation
Regular
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infinitive
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boxen
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participle
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geboxt
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auxiliary
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hunn
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present indicative
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imperative
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1st singular
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boxen
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—
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2nd singular
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box
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box
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3rd singular
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boxt
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1st plural
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boxen
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2nd plural
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boxt
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boxt
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3rd plural
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boxen
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—
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(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.
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Swedish
Noun
boxen
- definite singular of box