boxen
German, verb
boxen is spelled B-O-X-E-N (5 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written German, the 6,162nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Boxen is a German verb meaning “to box (strike with the fists)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Boxen is a different word: “boxing”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Faustkampf ausüben”.
What does boxen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to box (strike with the fists)
noun
- 1
neuterboxing
noun
- 1
plural of Box
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Kampfsportart, die mit den Fäusten betrieben wird
verb: 1. den Faustkampf ausüben 2. jemanden mit der Faust schlagen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of boxen
- boxt present singular third-person
- boxte past
- geboxt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- boxend participle present
- boxe first-person indicative present
- boxest second-person singular subjunctive
- boxet plural second-person subjunctive
- boxten first-person indicative plural
- boxtest indicative preterite second-person
- boxtet indicative plural preterite
- box imperative second-person singular
- habe geboxt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geboxt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- Boxens genitive singular
- boxe! imperative singular
- boxt! imperative plural
- geboxt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to boxen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is boxen in German?
boxen appears 12 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).