See also: Wagen, wägen, and Wägen

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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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

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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. (metonymic) a load filling one of the above vehicles
    Synonym: wagenlading
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- vehicle types

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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: wa
  • Jersey Dutch: wâxe
  • Lokono: wagen
  • Sranan Tongo: wagi

Etymology 2

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

Verb

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wagen

  1. (intransitive) to venture, take risks
  2. (transitive) to dare, presume
  3. (transitive) to risk, to jeopardize
Conjugation
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Conjugation of wagen (weak)
infinitive wagen
past singular waagde
past participle gewaagd
infinitive wagen
gerund wagen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular waag waagde
2nd person sing. (jij) waagt, waag2 waagde
2nd person sing. (u) waagt waagde
2nd person sing. (gij) waagt waagde
3rd person singular waagt waagde
plural wagen waagden
subjunctive sing.1 wage waagde
subjunctive plur.1 wagen waagden
imperative sing. waag
imperative plur.1 waagt
participles wagend gewaagd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
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Etymology 3

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

Verb

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wagen

  1. (transitive) to move
  2. (intransitive) to be moved, literally or figuratively in many senses
Conjugation
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Conjugation of wagen (weak)
infinitive wagen
past singular waagde
past participle gewaagd
infinitive wagen
gerund wagen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular waag waagde
2nd person sing. (jij) waagt, waag2 waagde
2nd person sing. (u) waagt waagde
2nd person sing. (gij) waagt waagde
3rd person singular waagt waagde
plural wagen waagden
subjunctive sing.1 wage waagde
subjunctive plur.1 wagen waagden
imperative sing. waag
imperative plur.1 waagt
participles wagend gewaagd
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.
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Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

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wagen

  1. plural of waag

German

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Etymology

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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.

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Verb

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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

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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

Middle Dutch

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

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wāgen m

  1. A wagon, cart.
Inflection
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Strong masculine
singular plural
nominative wagen wagene
accusative wagen wagene
genitive wagens wagene
dative wagene wagenen
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Etymology 2

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

Verb

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wāgen

  1. To venture.
Inflection
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Conjugation of wāgen (weak)
infinitive base form wāgen
genitive wāgens
dative wāgene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular wāge wāge
2nd person singular wāechs, wāges wāechs, wāges
3rd person singular wāecht, wāget wāge
1st person plural wāgen wāgen
2nd person plural wāecht, wāget wāecht, wāget
3rd person plural wāgen wāgen
imperative
singular wāech, wāge
plural wāecht, wāget
present past
participle wāgende
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Etymology 3

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From wâge +‎ -en.

Verb

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wâgen

  1. To weigh, to determine the weight of.
Inflection
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Conjugation of wâgen (weak)
infinitive base form wâgen
genitive wâgens
dative wâgene
indicative subjunctive
present past present past
1st person singular wâge wâge
2nd person singular wâechs, wâges wâechs, wâges
3rd person singular wâecht, wâget wâge
1st person plural wâgen wâgen
2nd person plural wâecht, wâget wâecht, wâget
3rd person plural wâgen wâgen
imperative
singular wâech, wâge
plural wâecht, wâget
present past
participle wâgende
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Further reading

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

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Verb

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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

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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

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Welsh

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English wagon.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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wagen m (plural wageni or wagenau, not mutable)

  1. (vehicles) wagon, wain

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Mutation

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

Further reading

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  • 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