boxen

See also: Boxen

English

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɒksən

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)

  1. Made of boxwood.
  2. Resembling box (the wood).

Etymology 2

From box (computer) + -en (archaic plural suffix), by analogy with VAXen.[1]

Noun

boxen

  1. (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

  1. boxen”, in FOLDOC, 1994 November 29, retrieved July 10, 2023

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

boxen

  1. third-person plural present indicative of boxar

German

Alternative forms

  • bocksen (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from English box.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔksn̩/, /ˈbɔksən/
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Homophone: bocksen

Verb

boxen (weak, third-person singular present boxt, past tense boxte, past participle geboxt, auxiliary haben)

  1. 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

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)

  1. to box

Conjugation

Regular
infinitive boxen
participle geboxt
auxiliary hunn
present
indicative
imperative
1st singular boxen
2nd singular box box
3rd singular boxt
1st plural boxen
2nd plural boxt boxt
3rd plural boxen
(n) or (nn) indicates the Eifeler Regel.

Swedish

Noun

boxen

  1. definite singular of box
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