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See also: Wagen, wägen, and Wägen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋaːɣə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: wa‧gen
  • Rhymes: -aːɣən

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

wagen m (plural wagens, diminutive wagentje n)

  1. a wagon, carriage
    Synonyms: kar, wagon
  2. (mainly the diminutive) a cart
    Synonym: kar
  3. an automobile, car, van
    Synonyms: auto, automobiel, kar
  4. a sled, moving platform on wheels or rails a heavy machine etc. is mounted on
  5. (metonymically) a load filling one of the above vehicles
    Synonym: wagenlading
Derived terms

- vehicle types

Descendants
  • Afrikaans: wa
  • Jersey Dutch: wâxe
  • Lokono: wagen
  • Sranan Tongo: wagi
    • Aukan: wagi
    • Dutch: waggie
    • Caribbean Javanese: wagé
    • Saramaccan: wági

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch wâgen. Equivalent to waag (weighing scales) + -en.

Verb

wagen

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

Etymology 3

From Middle Dutch wāgen, from Old Dutch *wagon, from Proto-West Germanic *wagōn, from Proto-Germanic *wagōną.

Verb

wagen

  1. (transitive) to move
  2. (intransitive) to be moved, literally or figuratively in many senses
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • wagebaard
  • waagboom

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

wagen

  1. plural of waag

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wāgen, from Old High German wāga (scales, balance; weight), in the sense of to venture on a new object's weight. More at Waage.

Pronunciation

Verb

wagen (weak, third-person singular present wagt, past tense wagte, past participle gewagt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to dare (to do something)
  2. (reflexive) to venture (go despite any danger)
  3. to risk, jeopardize

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present participle ...
infinitive wagen
present participle wagend
past participle gewagt
auxiliary haben
indicative subjunctive
singular plural singular plural
present ich wage wir wagen i ich wage wir wagen
du wagst ihr wagt du wagest ihr waget
er wagt sie wagen er wage sie wagen
preterite ich wagte wir wagten ii ich wagte1 wir wagten1
du wagtest ihr wagtet du wagtest1 ihr wagtet1
er wagte sie wagten er wagte1 sie wagten1
imperative wag (du)
wage (du)
wagt (ihr)
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Derived terms

Further reading

  • wagen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • wagen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • wagen” in Duden online
  • wagen” in OpenThesaurus.de

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *wagan, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn.

Noun

wāgen m

  1. A wagon, cart.
Inflection
More information Strong masculine, Singular ...
Strong masculine
Singular Plural
Nominative wagen wagene
Accusative wagen wagene
Genitive wagens wagene
Dative wagene wagenen
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Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *wagon, from Proto-West Germanic *wagōn, from Proto-Germanic *wagōną.

Verb

wāgen

  1. To venture.
Inflection
More information Weak, Infinitive ...
Weak
Infinitive wāgen
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive wāgen
In genitive wāgens
In dative wāgene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular wāge
2nd singular wāechs, wāges
3rd singular wāecht, wāget
1st plural wāgen
2nd plural wāecht, wāget
3rd plural wāgen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular wāge
2nd singular wāechs, wāges
3rd singular wāge
1st plural wāgen
2nd plural wāecht, wāget
3rd plural wāgen
Imperative Present
Singular wāech, wāge
Plural wāecht, wāget
Present Past
Participle wāgende
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Descendants

Etymology 3

From wâge + -en.

Verb

wâgen

  1. To weigh, to determine the weight of.
Inflection
More information Weak, Infinitive ...
Weak
Infinitive wâgen
3rd sg. past
3rd pl. past
Past participle
Infinitive wâgen
In genitive wâgens
In dative wâgene
Indicative Present Past
1st singular wâge
2nd singular wâechs, wâges
3rd singular wâecht, wâget
1st plural wâgen
2nd plural wâecht, wâget
3rd plural wâgen
Subjunctive Present Past
1st singular wâge
2nd singular wâechs, wâges
3rd singular wâge
1st plural wâgen
2nd plural wâecht, wâget
3rd plural wâgen
Imperative Present
Singular wâech, wâge
Plural wâecht, wâget
Present Past
Participle wâgende
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Descendants
  • Dutch: wagen
  • Limburgish: waoge

Further reading

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Northern French wagier; equivalent to wage + -en (infinitival suffix). Doublet of wedden.

Pronunciation

Verb

wagen

  1. (transitive) To employ, use, or utilise a person.
  2. (transitive) To give an item or a person as security or as a guarantee.
  3. (transitive) To risk, potentially endanger.
  4. (transitive, rare) To promise to avoid.

Usage notes

In the term wagen batayle (probably from the sense "to risk"; i.e. "to risk battle"), the word approaches something similar to the sense of English (to) wage.

Conjugation

More information infinitive, present tense ...
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1 Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

References

Welsh

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English wagon.

Pronunciation

Noun

wagen m (plural wageni or wagenau, not mutable)

  1. (vehicles) wagon, wain

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

H-prothesis does not affect this word as the ⟨w⟩ here represents the semivowel /w/ rather than a vowel sound.

Further reading

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “wagen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

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