vogn

See also: vǫgn

Bavarian

Etymology

From Middle High German wagen, from Old High German wagan, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (“cart, wagon”), from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰnos, from *weǵʰ-.

Noun

vogn

1. carriage, coach (wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power)
2. cart, trolley (small, open, wheeled vehicle)
3. automobile, car
4. cab, taxi
5. car, carriage, coach (railroad car)
6. carriage (part of typewriter)

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz (“cart, wagon”), cognate with German Wagen and English wain (waggon is borrowed via French wagon from Dutch wagen). The Germanic noun goes back to Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ- (“to transport”), cf. Danish veje (“to weigh”) and vej (“way”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔvˀn/, [ˈʋɒwˀn]
• Rhymes: -ɒwn

Noun

vogn c (singular definite vognen, plural indefinite vogne)

1. carriage, coach (wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power)
2. cart, trolley (small, open, wheeled vehicle)
3. automobile, car
4. cab, taxi
5. car, carriage, coach (railroad car)
6. carriage (part of typewriter)

Declension

Declension of vogn

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vogn	vognen	vogne	vognene
genitive	vogns	vognens	vognes	vognenes

Synonyms

• (cab, taxi): hyrevogn, taxa

Related terms

• være tabt bag en vogn
• vandvogn
• vognbane
• vognlæs
• vognmand
• vognstyrer
• vogntog

Descendants

• → Faroese: vognur

See also

• vogn on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

References

• “vogn” in Den Danske Ordbog

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse vagn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɔŋn/

Noun

vogn f or m (definite singular vogna or vognen, indefinite plural vogner, definite plural vognene)

1. a wagon in the original sense, but the word is used for a large range of vehicles with at least two wheels, often in compound words.
2. (rail transport) carriage or coach (UK, for passengers), wagon (UK, for goods), car (mainly America)

Derived terms

• barnevogn
• campingvogn
• godsvogn
• motorvogn
• sovevogn
• spisevogn
• sporvogn
• stasjonsvogn
• trekkvogn
• vognpark
• vogntog

 

References

• “vogn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse vagn.

Noun

vogn f (definite singular vogna, indefinite plural vogner, definite plural vognene)

1. a wagon in the original sense, but the word is used for a large range of vehicles with at least two wheels, often in compound words.
2. (rail transport) carriage or coach (UK, for passengers), wagon (UK, for goods), car (mainly America)

Derived terms

• barnevogn
• campingvogn
• godsvogn
• sovevogn
• spisevogn
• sporvogn
• stasjonsvogn
• trekkvogn
• vognpark
• vogntog

 

References

• “vogn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.