Schattenboxen
German, noun[ˈʃatn̩ˌbɔksn̩]
Schattenboxen is spelled S-C-H-A-T-T-E-N-B-O-X-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written German, the 208,435th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schattenboxen is a German neuter noun meaning “shadowboxing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Trainingsmethode im Boxsport, bei der man in die Luft schlägt und versucht, imaginäre Punkte zu treffen”.
What does Schattenboxen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutershadowboxing
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Trainingsmethode im Boxsport, bei der man in die Luft schlägt und versucht, imaginäre Punkte zu treffen 2. eine Boxart aus China
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 Schattenboxen
- Schattenboxens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schattenboxen?
- [ˈʃatn̩ˌbɔksn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schattenboxen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schattenboxen in German?
Schattenboxen appears about once in every 14 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).