wagen

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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

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.
Inflection
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.
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.
Inflection
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.
Derived terms

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

wagen

  1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form 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

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
Descendants

Etymology 2

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

Verb

wāgen

  1. To venture.
Inflection
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
Descendants

Etymology 3

From wâge +‎ -en.

Verb

wâgen

  1. To weigh, to determine the weight of.
Inflection
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
Descendants

Further reading


Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

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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

Descendants

References