wagen

Betekenis

Noun

1. (masculine) a wagon, carriage
2. (masculine) a cart
3. (masculine) an automobile, car, van
4. (masculine) a sled, moving platform on wheels or rails a heavy machine etc. is mounted on
5. (masculine,metonymically) a load filling one of the above vehicles

Verb

1. (intransitive) to venture, take risks
2. (transitive) to dare, presume
3. (transitive) to risk, to jeopardize

Verb

1. (transitive) to move
2. (intransitive) to be moved, literally or figuratively in many senses

Koppelteken as

wa‧gen

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈʋaːɣə(n)/

Etimologie

From Middle Dutch wāgen, from Old Dutch wagan, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ-. Doublet of wagon.

Sinne

Wat is de topsnelheid van die wagen ?

What is the top speed of that car?

De voorruit van een wagen is tegenwoordig altijd van veiligheidsglas gemaakt .

Nowadays, the windscreen of a car is always made of safety glass.