vagn

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

• IPA^(key): /vakn/

  Rhymes: -akn

  Homophone: Vagn

vagn m (genitive singular vagns, nominative plural vagnar)

1. cart, wagon, carriage

From Old Norse vagnhvalr, vagna, vǫgn.

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.

• staurhval, staurkval
• spekkhogger, spekkhugger

• “vagn” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse vagnhvalr, vagna, vǫgn.

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.

• staurkval
• spekkhoggar

• “vagn” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

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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)

• 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.

• → Finnish: vaunu

• ekipage
• kärra
• pirra
• släp
• schäs
• sulky
• säckkärra

• vagn in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vagn in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vagn in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• vagn in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)