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”)
wagen
- (transitive, weak) to dare (to do something, despite possible risks)
- (reflexive, weak) to dare to go, to venture (despite some perceived danger)
- (archaic, transitive, weak) to risk (one's life, etc.)
Concepts
trolley-bus
пассажирскийcoach
green car
railroad vehicle
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
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Aargau
chaare
Basel-Landschaft
kaare
Basel-Landschaft
waage
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvaːɡən/
Etymology
In summary
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.
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