Danish

Proper noun

Vagn

1. A male given name.

Related terms

• (Male given names): Wagn

Icelandic

Noun

vagn m ‎(genitive singular vagns, nominative plural vagnar)

1. cart, wagon, carriage

Declension

Norwegian

Vagn

Etymology

From Old Norse vagnhvalr, vagna, vǫgn.

Noun

vagn

1. orca, killer whale, Orcinus orca

   Ute i fjorden var det vagner. (Bokmål)

   Ute i fjorden var det vagnar. (Nynorsk)

   There were orcas in the fjord.

Inflection

Synonyms

• staurkval
• staurhval (Bokmål)
• spekkhogger, spekkhugger (Bokmål)
• spekkhoggar (Nynorsk)

References

• “vagn” in The Bokmål Dictionary / The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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

Noun

vagn c

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

Declension

Related terms

See also

• kärra
• släp
• schäs
• sulky

References

• vagn in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)