vogn

From Middle High German wagen, from Old High German wagan, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (“cart, wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ-.

vogn

1. carriage, coach (wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power)
2. cart, trolley (small, open, wheeled vehicle)
3. automobile, car
4. cab, taxi
5. car, carriage, coach (railroad car)
6. carriage (part of typewriter)

From Old Norse vagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (“cart, wagon”), cognate with German Wagen and English wain (waggon is borrowed via French wagon from Dutch wagen). The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to transport”), cf. Danish veje (“to weigh”) and vej (“way”).

• IPA^(key): /vɔvˀn/, [ˈʋɒwˀn]
• Rhymes: -ɒwn

vogn c (singular definite vognen, plural indefinite vogne)

1. carriage, coach (wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power)
2. cart, trolley (small, open, wheeled vehicle)
3. automobile, car
4. cab, taxi
5. car, carriage, coach (railroad car)
6. carriage (part of typewriter)

• (cab, taxi): hyrevogn, taxa

• være tabt bag en vogn
• vandvogn
• vognbane
• vognlæs
• vognmand
• vognstyrer
• vogntog

• → Faroese: vognur

•   vogn on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

• “vogn” in Den Danske Ordbog

 

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vogn

Wikipedia ^no

From Old Norse vagn.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɔŋn/

vogn f or m (definite singular vogna or vognen, indefinite plural vogner, definite plural vognene)

1. a wagon in the original sense, but the word is used for a large range of vehicles with at least two wheels, often in compound words.
2. (rail transport) carriage or coach (UK, for passengers), wagon (UK, for goods), car (mainly America)

• “vogn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse vagn.

vogn f (definite singular vogna, indefinite plural vogner, definite plural vognene)

1. a wagon in the original sense, but the word is used for a large range of vehicles with at least two wheels, often in compound words.
2. (rail transport) carriage or coach (UK, for passengers), wagon (UK, for goods), car (mainly America)

• “vogn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.