wagen
Meaning
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- (masculine) a wagon, carriage
- (masculine) a cart
- (masculine) an automobile, car, van
- (masculine) a sled, moving platform on wheels or rails a heavy machine etc. is mounted on
- (masculine,metonymically) a load filling one of the above vehicles
Concepts
be audacious
think fit
typewriter carriage
railroad vehicle
light-rail vehicle
motor-car
station wagon
trolley-bus
Synonyms
risico lopen
op het spel zetten
zich vermetelen
kans lopen
vehikel
spoorwagen
zich verstouten
schrijfmachinewagen
kermiswagen
vergokken
trolley
trolleybus
voiture
rammelkast
zich verbeteren
personenwagen
spoorvoertuig
Frequency
Hyphenated as
wa‧gen
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈʋaːɣə(n)/
Etymology
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.
New
waag
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- (feminine) weighing scales
- (feminine) place (building) where goods are weighed
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