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##* '''1929''', {{w|Kurt Tucholsky}}, ''[[s:de:Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband)|Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband)]]'', [[w:Rowohlt|Ernst Rowohlt Verlag]], page 110: |
##* '''1929''', {{w|Kurt Tucholsky}}, ''[[s:de:Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband)|Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband)]]'', [[w:Rowohlt|Ernst Rowohlt Verlag]], page 110: |
Revision as of 16:22, 1 December 2021
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvaːɡən/, [ˈvaːɡŋ̍], [ˈʋaː-], [-ɡən]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Wa‧gen
- Rhymes: -aːɡn̩
- Homophones: vagen, Waagen, wagen
Etymology 1
From Middle High German wagen, from Old High German wagan, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn.
Cognate with Dutch wagen, English wain (and wagon, borrowed from Dutch), West Frisian wein, Danish vogn, Swedish vagn. Doublet of Waggon, which was borrowed from English.
Noun
Wagen m (genitive Wagens, plural Wagen or Wägen, diminutive Wägelchen n)
- wheeled vehicle used to transporting anything
- a car, an automobile, a vehicle
- 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, page 110:
- Heute haben wir den 28. Juli, der Pariser Autobusführer sitzt vorn am Steuerrad und wendet den schweren, langen Wagen, als ob es ein kleiner Zweisitzer wäre.
- Today is the 28th of July, the Parisian autobus driver sits in front at the steering wheel and turns around the heavy, long vehicle as if it were a small two-seater.
- Heute haben wir den 28. Juli, der Pariser Autobusführer sitzt vorn am Steuerrad und wendet den schweren, langen Wagen, als ob es ein kleiner Zweisitzer wäre.
- 1929, Kurt Tucholsky, Das Lächeln der Mona Lisa (Sammelband), Ernst Rowohlt Verlag, page 110:
- a railroad car
- Synonym: Eisenbahnwagen
- a wagon, a cart (drawn by a person, by horses, by oxen, etc)
- a car, an automobile, a vehicle
- (astronomy) Dipper: either the Großer Wagen (“Ursa Major”) or Kleiner Wagen (“Ursa Minor”)
- 2006, Der große illustrierte Atlas Erde & Weltraum, TESSLOFF Verlag (→ISBN), page 225:
- Wenn man von den beiden oberen Sternen des Wagens zwei gedachte Linien nah links zieht, kommt man zum Kleinen Bären mit dem Polarstern. Wenn der Große Wagen aufgeht, sinkt im Nordwesten das wie ein großes M geformte Sternbild Kassiopeia.
- 2017, Susanne M. Hoffmann, Hipparchs Himmelsglobus: Ein Bindeglied in der babylonisch-griechischen Astrometrie?, Springer-Verlag (→ISBN), page 403, §4.1.6.2 Identifizierung der Sternbilder:
- Die Wagen. Die beiden Wagen […] bezeichnen mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit unsere bekannten Figuren des Großen und Kleinen Wagens.
- 2006, Der große illustrierte Atlas Erde & Weltraum, TESSLOFF Verlag (→ISBN), page 225:
Usage notes
- The plural Wägen is chiefly colloquial and not often seen in written German. It is heard most commonly in southern Germany and Austria. In some parts of central and northern Germany, both plurals are used with Wägen preferred for small trolleys, but Wagen for cars.
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
- Anhängerwagen
- Einkaufswagen
- Einsatzwagen
- Eisenbahnwagen
- Feuerwehrwagen
- Gebrauchtwagen
- Geländewagen
- Geschäftswagen
- Großer Wagen
- Güterwagen
- Hubwagen
- Kastenwagen
- Kraftwagen
- Krankenwagen
- Lastwagen
- Milchwagen
- Müllwagen
- Ochsenwagen
- Pferdewagen
- Planwagen
- Seitenwagen
- Speisewagen
- Steuerwagen
- Streitwagen
- Verkaufswagen
- Wagenburg
- Wagenkolonne
- Wagenrad
- Wagenspur
Etymology 2
Noun
Wagen n (genitive Wagens, no plural)
Declension
Further reading
- “Wagen” in Duden online
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