Wagner

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wagner (literally “wainwright”), later conflated with wheelwright. See also the English surnames Wainwright and Wheelwright. Doublet of Wagoner.

As the name of a private military company, borrowed from Russian Ва́гнер (Vágner). Reportedly the call sign of Russian GRU officer and company founder Dmitry Utkin, which was ultimately named after German composer Richard Wagner.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈwæɡnɚ/
  • (Upper Midwestern US, Northwestern US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈweɪ̯ɡnɚ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑɡnɚ/ (the composer and the private military group)
• Rhymes: -æɡnə(ɹ), -ɑːɡnə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: Wag‧ner

Proper noun

Wagner

1. A surname from German.
2. Ellipsis of Richard Wagner, German composer (1813–1883).
3. Ellipsis of Wagner Group, a private military group loyal to Russia.
4. A place in the United States:
   1. A township in Clayton County, Iowa.
   2. A township in Aitkin County, Minnesota.
   3. An unincorporated community in Phillips County, Montana.
   4. A city in Charles Mix County, South Dakota.
   5. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Marinette County, Wisconsin.
5. A hamlet in the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River, northern Alberta, Canada.

Derived terms

• Wagneresque
• Wagnerian
• Wagnerianism
• Wagnerism
• Wagnerist
• Wagnerite
• Wagnerize
• Wagner-Meerwein rearrangement
• Wagner tuba

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 (zh) (Wǎgénà), 華格納 / 华格纳 (Huágénà) (Taiwan)

• Georgian: ვაგნერი (vagneri)
• German: Wagner (de) m or f
• Greek: Βάγκνερ (el) m or f (Vágkner), Αμαξουργóς (Amaxourgós)
• 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

Danish

Proper noun

Wagner

1. a surname from German

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): /ˈvaːɡnəʁ/, [ˈvaː.ɡnɐ], [ˈvaːk.nɐ], (northern also) [ˈvaːχ.nɐ]

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Rhymes: -aːɡnɐ

Noun

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

1. (chiefly Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) cartwright, wainwright, wheelwright

   Synonyms: (chiefly northern) Stellmacher, (rare or dialectal) Wagenbauer, Wagenmacher, Radmacher, Achsmacher

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, strong, genitive Wagners or (with an article) Wagner, plural Wagners or Wagner)

1. a common surname originating as an occupation

Further reading

• “Wagner”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

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

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wagner.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Wagner m pers

1. a male surname

Declension

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

Proper noun

Wagner f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

Derived terms

• Wagnerowa
• Wagnerówna

Further reading

• “Wagner”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɡ.neʁ/ [ˈvaɡ.neh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɡ.neʁ/ [ˈvaɡ.neh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɡ.neɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɡ.neʁ/ [ˈvaɡ.neχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɡ.neɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡnɛɾ/ [ˈva.ɣnɛɾ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡnɛɾ/ [ˈva.ɣnɛɾ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈba.ɡnɛɾ/ [ˈba.ɣnɛɾ]

Proper noun

Wagner m

1. a male given name

Proper noun

Wagner ?

1. a municipality of Bahia, Brazil