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vagn

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See also: Vagn and vågn

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (“cart, wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ-.

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Noun

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vagn m (genitive singular vagns, nominative plural vagnar)

  1. cart, wagon, carriage

Declension

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Declension of vagn (masculine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative vagn vagninn vagnar vagnarnir
accusative vagn vagninn vagna vagnana
dative vagni vagninum vögnum vögnunum
genitive vagns vagnsins vagna vagnanna

Norwegian Bokmål

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Vagn

Etymology

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From Old Norse vagnhvalr, vagna, vǫgn.

Noun

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vagn m (definite singular vagnen, indefinite plural vagner, definite plural vagnene)

  1. orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca
    Ute i fjorden var det vagner.
    There were orcas in the fjord.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Vagn

Etymology

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From Old Norse vagnhvalr, vagna, vǫgn.

Noun

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vagn m (definite singular vagnen, indefinite plural vagnar, definite plural vagnane)

  1. (archaic) orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca
    Ute i fjorden var det vagnar.
    There were orcas in the fjord.

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
De åker häst och vagn (sense 1.1)
en (person)vagn (sense 1.2)
en (motor)vagn (sense 1.3)
en (spår)vagn (sense 1.4)
en (släp)vagn (sense 1.5)
en (kund)vagn (sense 1.6)
en vagn (sense 1.7)
en (barn)vagn (sense 1.8)

Etymology

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From Old Swedish vaghn, from Old Norse vagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (“cart, wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vagn c

  1. a four-wheeled, unpowered conveyance (as a rule of thumb – see subsenses for exceptions)
    2. a carriage; a cart; a wagon (horse-drawn vehicle)
      Synonym: (cart) kärra
      åka häst och vagn
      ride in a horse-drawn carriage
      (literally, “ride horse and carriage [idiomatic]”)
      1. a chariot
        Synonyms: triumfvagn, (for fighting – now usually means a tank) stridsvagn
    4. an unpowered railway vehicle; (US) a railroad car, (UK) a railway carriage, (UK) a railway wagon
      Synonyms: tågvagn, järnvägsvagn, ((US) freight car, (UK) goods wagon) godsvagn, (passenger car, (UK) carriage, (UK) coach) personvagn
    6. a self-propelled railway vehicle; a railcar
      Synonym: motorvagn
    8. (UK) a tram, (US) a streetcar, (US) a trolley
      Synonym: spårvagn
    10. a trailer
      Synonyms: släpvagn, (simpler) släpkärra, (for a truck) trailer
    12. a shopping cart, (UK) a shopping trolley
      Synonym: kundvagn
    14. (US) a cart, (UK) a trolley
    16. a baby carriage, (UK) a pram; (US) a stroller, (UK) a pushchair
      Synonyms: barnvagn, (baby carriage, (UK) pram) liggvagn, ((US) stroller, (UK) pushchair) sittvagn
    17. a carriage (on a typewriter)

Usage notes

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  • The subsenses above are bound to be incomplete, but might give a sense for the category.
  • A two-wheeled (or sometimes simple four-wheeled) conveyance is a kärra.

Declension

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Declension of vagn
nominative genitive
singular indefinite vagn vagns
definite vagnen vagnens
plural indefinite vagnar vagnars
definite vagnarna vagnarnas

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Finnish: vaunu

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