Wagen
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) a wheeled vehicle for transporting anything
- (masculine, strong) a wheeled vehicle for transporting anything
- (masculine, strong) a wheeled vehicle for transporting anything
- (masculine, strong) Dipper: either the Großer Wagen (“Ursa Major”) or Kleiner Wagen (“Ursa Minor”)
Concepts
station wagon
trolley-bus
пассажирскийcoach
green car
railroad vehicle
light-rail vehicle
wagon waggon
motor-car
Synonyms
Bahnwagen
Laufkatze
Förderwagen
Hänger
Triebwagen
Fahr-
Reisezugwagen
Tramway
Fahrkorb
Babywagen
Personenkraftwagen /PKW
Pkw/
Fuhre, Karren, Fuder
Gefährt, Fuhre, Fuder, Führwerk, Auto, Karren
Automobil, Auto
Eisenbahnwaggon
Reisezugwagen Bahnwaggon
Personenwaggon
S-bahn
Wägeli
Telege
Kombiwagen
Oberleitungsfahrzeug
Personenzug
Straßenbahnwagen
Teewagen
Transportkarren
Wagenpark
Privatauto
Frequency
Dialects
Aargau
chaare
Basel-Landschaft
kaare
Basel-Landschaft
waage
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Hyphenated as
Wa‧gen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvaːɡən/
Etymology
From Middle High German wagen, from Old High German wagan, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn. Cognate with Bavarian Wågn, Dutch wagen, English wain (and wagon, borrowed from Dutch), West Frisian wein, Danish vogn, Swedish vagn. Doublet of Waggon, which was borrowed from English.
wagen
- (weak) to dare (to do something)
- (reflexive, weak) to venture (go despite any danger)
- (weak) to risk, jeopardize
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