Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) a wheeled vehicle for transporting anything
  2. (masculine, strong) a wheeled vehicle for transporting anything
  3. (masculine, strong) a wheeled vehicle for transporting anything
  4. (masculine, strong) Dipper: either the Großer Wagen (“Ursa Major”) or Kleiner Wagen (“Ursa Minor”)

wagen

  1. (transitive, weak) to dare (to do something, despite possible risks)
  2. (reflexive, weak) to dare to go, to venture (despite some perceived danger)
  3. (archaic, transitive, weak) to risk (one's life, etc.)

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Aargau

Aargau

chaare

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kaare

Basel-Landschaft

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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