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wagen

Pronunciation: /ˈʋaːɣə(n)/

“wagen” is a Dutch word. Its 10 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a wagon, carriage
  2. a cart
  3. an automobile, car, van
  4. a sled, moving platform on wheels or rails a heavy machine etc. is mounted on
  5. a load filling one of the above vehicles

verb

  1. to venture, take risks
  2. to dare, presume
  3. to risk, to jeopardize
  4. to move
  5. to be moved, literally or figuratively in many senses

Etymology

From Middle Dutch wāgen, from Old Dutch wagan, from Proto-West Germanic *wagn, from Proto-Germanic *wagnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of wagon.

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