wagen

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋaːɣə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: wa‧gen
• Rhymes: -aːɣən

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.

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

- vehicle types

• wagon

• Afrikaans: wa
• Jersey Dutch: wâxe
• → Lokono: wagen
• → Sranan Tongo: wagi
  • → Aukan: wagi
  • → Dutch: waggie
  • → Caribbean Javanese: wagé
  • → Saramaccan: wági

From Middle Dutch wâgen. Equivalent to waag (“weighing scales”) +‎ -en.

wagen

1. (intransitive) to venture, take risks
2. (transitive) to dare, presume
3. (transitive) to risk, to jeopardize

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.

• durven
• riskeren

• waaghals
• waagstuk
• wie niet waagt, die niet wint

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

wagen

1. (transitive) to move
2. (intransitive) to be moved, literally or figuratively in many senses

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.

• wagebaard
• waagboom

• gewagen

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

wagen

1. plural of waag

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaːɡən/, [ˈvaːɡŋ̩]

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• Rhymes: -aːɡn̩
• Homophones: vagen, Waagen, Wagen
• Hyphenation: wa‧gen

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

• Wagen
• Wager

• “wagen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “wagen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “wagen” in Duden online
• “wagen” in OpenThesaurus.de

From Old Dutch *wagan, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn.

wāgen m

1. A wagon, cart.

• Dutch: wagen
• Limburgish: wage
• → English: wagon, waggon (British, dated)
  • → Dutch: wagon
  • → French: wagon (see there for further descendants)
  • → German: Waggon
  • → Japanese: わごん, ワゴン (wagon)
  • → Polish: wagon
  • → Spanish: vagón
• → Scots: waggen, wagun, wagoun

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

wāgen

1. To venture.

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	—

• Dutch: wagen
• Limburgish: wage

From wâge +‎ -en.

wâgen

1. To weigh, to determine the weight of.

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	—

• Dutch: wagen
• Limburgish: waoge

• “waghen (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “waghen (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “waghen (IV)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wagen (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wagen (II)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page II
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “wagen (VI)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page VI

• wage, wajon, wagge

From Old Northern French wagier; equivalent to wage +‎ -en (infinitival suffix). Doublet of wedden.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaːdʒən/

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.

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.

• wajour

• English: wage
• Scots: wage

• “wāǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

• gwagen, wagon

Borrowed from English wagon.

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈwaɡɛn/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /ˈwa(ː)ɡɛn/

wagen m (plural wageni or wagenau, not mutable)

1. (vehicles) wagon, wain

H-prothesis does not affect this word as the ⟨w⟩ here represents the semivowel /w/ rather than a vowel sound.

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “wagen”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies