Wagner

English

Etymology

From German Wagner, meaning ‘wainwright’, later conflated with ‘wheelwright’. See also the English surnames Wainwright and Wheelwright. Doublet of Wagoner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwæɡnɚ/, /ˈvɑɡnɚ/ (the composer)

Proper noun

Wagner

1. A surname from German. Widely known as the surname of the German composer Richard Wagner (1813-1883).

Translations

surname

• Arabic: فَاغْنَر m or f (fāḡnar), فَاغْنَر m or f (vāgnar)
• Armenian: Վագներ (Vagner)
• Belarusian: Ва́гнер m or f (Váhnjer), Ва́гнэр m or f (Váhner)
• Bulgarian: Ва́гнер m or f (Vágner)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 瓦格納／瓦格纳 (Wǎgénà), 瓦格纳 (Wǎgénà)

• Georgian: ვაგნერი (vagneri)
• German: Wagner (de) m or f
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• Greek: Βάγκνερ m or f (Vágkner)
• Hindi: वाग्नर (vāgnar)
• Hungarian: Bognár (hu)
• Japanese: ワーグナー (Wāgunā), ヴァーグナー (Vāgunā)
• Korean: 바그너 (Bageuneo)
• Persian: واگنر (fa) (vâgnar)
• Russian: Ва́гнер (ru) m or f (Vágnɛr)
• Thai: วากเนอร์
• Ukrainian: Ва́ґнер m or f (Vágner), Ва́гнер m or f (Váhner)

Anagrams

• gnawer, wanger

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German

Distribution of the surname Wagner in Germany

Etymology

From Middle High German wagener from Old High German waganāri, equivalent to Wagen +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːɡnɐ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Wagner m (strong, genitive Wagners, plural Wagner, feminine Wagnerin)

1. (archaic) wainwright
2. (archaic) wheelwright

Declension

Declension of Wagner [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Wagner	die	Wagner
genitive	eines	des	Wagners	der	Wagner
dative	einem	dem	Wagner	den	Wagnern
accusative	einen	den	Wagner	die	Wagner

Proper noun

Wagner m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Wagners or (with an article) Wagner, feminine genitive Wagner, plural Wagners or Wagner)

1. a common surname originating as an occupation

Further reading

• “Wagner” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvaːɡnɛr]
• Hyphenation: Wag‧ner
• Rhymes: -ɛr

Proper noun

Wagner

1. Wagner

Declension

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Wagner	Wagnerek
accusative	Wagnert	Wagnereket
dative	Wagnernek	Wagnereknek
instrumental	Wagnerrel	Wagnerekkel
causal-final	Wagnerért	Wagnerekért
translative	Wagnerré	Wagnerekké
terminative	Wagnerig	Wagnerekig
essive-formal	Wagnerként	Wagnerekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Wagnerben	Wagnerekben
superessive	Wagneren	Wagnereken
adessive	Wagnernél	Wagnereknél
illative	Wagnerbe	Wagnerekbe
sublative	Wagnerre	Wagnerekre
allative	Wagnerhez	Wagnerekhez
elative	Wagnerből	Wagnerekből
delative	Wagnerről	Wagnerekről
ablative	Wagnertől	Wagnerektől
non-attributive possessive - singular	Wagneré	Wagnereké
non-attributive possessive - plural	Wagneréi	Wagnerekéi

Possessive forms of Wagner
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Wagnerem	Wagnereim
2nd person sing.	Wagnered	Wagnereid
3rd person sing.	Wagnere	Wagnerei
1st person plural	Wagnerünk	Wagnereink
2nd person plural	Wagneretek	Wagnereitek
3rd person plural	Wagnerük	Wagnereik

Derived terms

• wagneri
• Wagner-opera

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wagner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɡ.nɛr/
• Rhymes: -aɡnɛr
• Syllabification: Wag‧ner

Proper noun

Wagner m pers or f

1. a masculine surname
2. a feminine surname

Declension

Masculine surname:

Declension of Wagner

	singular	plural
nominative	Wagner	Wagnerowie
genitive	Wagnera	Wagnerów
dative	Wagnerowi	Wagnerom
accusative	Wagnera	Wagnerów
instrumental	Wagnerem	Wagnerami
locative	Wagnerze	Wagnerach
vocative	Wagnerze	Wagnerowie

The feminine surname is indeclinable.

Derived terms

• Wagnerowa
• Wagnerówna

 

See also

• Appendix:Polish surnames

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Wagner m

1. a male given name

Proper noun

Wagner

1. A municipality of Bahia, Brazil