Wagner

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Wagner, meaning ‘wainwright’, later conflated with ‘wheelwright’. See also the English surnames Wainwright and Wheelwright.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Wagner

1. of German origin. 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)
• 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)

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Wagner (de) m or f
• Greek: Βάγκνερ m or f (Vágkner)
• Japanese: ワーグナー (Wāgunā)
• Russian: Ва́гнер (ru) m or f (Vágnɛr)
• 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German wagener from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old High German waganāri, equivalent to Wagen +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːɡnɐ/

• Audio:

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Noun

Wagner m (genitive Wagners, plural Wagner)

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

Proper noun

Wagner m or f (genitive Wagners)

1. a common occupational surname originating as an occupation

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

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

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] German Wagner

Pronunciation

• Template:pl-IPA-auto

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 f
• Wagnerówna f

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