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DANISH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

vogn.

carriage, coach (wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/vɔvˀn/[ˈʋɒwˀn]

  1. carriage, coach (wheeled vehicle, generally drawn by horse power)

    common-gender

  2. cart, trolley (small, open, wheeled vehicle)

    common-gender

  3. automobile, car

    common-gender

  4. cab, taxi

    common-gender

  5. car, carriage, coach (railroad car)

    common-gender

  6. carriage (part of typewriter)

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From Old Danish wagn, waghæn, 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”).

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