vagn

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See also: Vagn and vågn

Icelandic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

vagn m (genitive singular vagns, nominative plural vagnar)

  1. cart, wagon, carriage

Declension

declension of vagn
m-s1 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

Vagn

Etymology

From Old Norse vagnhvalr, vagna, vǫgn.

Noun

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

Vagn

Etymology

From Old Norse vagnhvalr, vagna, vǫgn.

Noun

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

Etymology

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

vagn c

  1. a wagon, a carriage, a (railroad) car, a chariot, a trailer
  2. a carriage (on a typewriter)

Declension

Declension of vagn 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative vagn vagnen vagnar vagnarna
Genitive vagns vagnens vagnars vagnarnas

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Finnish: vaunu

See also

References

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