wagen

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See also: Wagen, wägen, and Wägen

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋaːɣə(n)/
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  • Hyphenation: wa‧gen
  • Rhymes: -aːɣən

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch wagen, from Old Dutch wagan, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ-.

Noun

wagen m (plural wagens, diminutive wagentje n)

  1. wagon, carriage
    Synonyms: kar, wagon
  2. (mainly the diminutive) cart
    Synonym: kar
  3. automobile, car, van
    Synonyms: auto, automobiel, kar
  4. 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
Descendants

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch wagen. Cognate with German wagen.

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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 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.
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 3

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From Middle Dutch wagen, from Old Dutch *wagon, 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 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.
Derived terms
Related 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

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  1. to venture, dare
  2. to risk, jeopardize

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading

  • “wagen” in Duden online

Middle Dutch

Etymology 1

From Old Dutch *wagan, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz.

Noun

wāgen m

  1. wagon, cart
Inflection
Declension of wagen (strong)
Singular Plural
nominative wagen wagene
accusative wagen wagene
genitive wagens wagene
dative wagene wagenen
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Old Dutch *wagon, 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

Conjugation of wagen (weak in -ed)
infinitive (to) wagen, wage
present tense past tense
1st-person singular wage waged
2nd-person singular wagest wagedest
3rd-person singular wageth waged
subjunctive singular wage
imperative singular —
plural1 wagen, wage wageden, wagede
imperative plural wageth, wage —
participles wagynge, wagende waged, ywaged

1Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

References

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