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vagn.

a four-wheeled, unpowered conveyance (as a rule of thumb – see subsenses for exceptions)

4 characters1 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun

  1. a four-wheeled, unpowered conveyance (as a rule of thumb – see subsenses for exceptions) a carriage; a cart; a wagon (horse-drawn vehicle)

    common-gender
    åka häst och vagn

  2. a four-wheeled, unpowered conveyance (as a rule of thumb – see subsenses for exceptions) a carriage; a cart; a wagon (horse-drawn vehicle) a chariot

    common-gender

  3. a four-wheeled, unpowered conveyance (as a rule of thumb – see subsenses for exceptions) an unpowered railway vehicle; (US) a railroad car, (UK) a railway carriage, (UK) a railway wagon

    common-gender

  4. a four-wheeled, unpowered conveyance (as a rule of thumb – see subsenses for exceptions) a self-propelled railway vehicle; a railcar

    common-gender

  5. a four-wheeled, unpowered conveyance (as a rule of thumb – see subsenses for exceptions) a tram, (US) a streetcar, (US) a trolley

    UK · common-gender

  6. a four-wheeled, unpowered conveyance (as a rule of thumb – see subsenses for exceptions) a trailer

    common-gender

  7. a four-wheeled, unpowered conveyance (as a rule of thumb – see subsenses for exceptions) a shopping cart, (UK) a shopping trolley

    common-gender

  8. a four-wheeled, unpowered conveyance (as a rule of thumb – see subsenses for exceptions) a cart, (UK) a trolley

    US · common-gender

  9. a four-wheeled, unpowered conveyance (as a rule of thumb – see subsenses for exceptions) a baby carriage, (UK) a pram; (US) a stroller, (UK) a pushchair

    common-gender

  10. a four-wheeled, unpowered conveyance (as a rule of thumb – see subsenses for exceptions) a carriage (on a typewriter)

    common-gender

  11. a four-wheeled, unpowered conveyance (as a rule of thumb – see subsenses for exceptions) a car, particularly a cheap one

    common-gender

  12. a four-wheeled, unpowered conveyance (as a rule of thumb – see subsenses for exceptions) a military tank

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

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

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