wagen
to dare
- Past (Präteritum)
- wagte
- Past participle
- gewagt (haben)
A regular verb that is often used in the reflexive form 'sich wagen' to mean venturing somewhere or doing something risky. It frequently appears with a prepositional phrase or an infinitive clause with 'zu'. The past tense forms are standard for a weak verb: wagte, wagtest, wagte, wagten, wagtet, wagten. The participle 'gewagt' is also used as an adjective meaning 'daring' or 'bold'. Many compounds use prefixes that change the meaning, often becoming inseparable or taking on a stronger sense of risk or endurance. The verb implies the courage to overcome hesitation, as seen in the text where the protagonist decides to risk an uncertain future by choosing the sea journey over the safe path of his apprenticeship. Compounds like 'erwagen' (though rare, often confused with erwägen) or 'vorwagen' (reflexive) illustrate the directional or intensive nature of the root verb. Please note: 'erwägen' is a distinct verb with a different root structure (wog/wäge), so only truly standard compounds of 'wagen' are included here.
Conjugation
Present
- wage
- first-person, form-of, present, singular
- wag
- colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular
- wagt
- present, singular, third-person
- wagen
- first-person, indicative, plural, present
- wagst
- indicative, present, second-person, singular
Past
- wagte
- past
- wagten
- first-person, indicative, plural, preterite
- wagtest
- indicative, preterite, second-person, singular
- wagtet
- indicative, plural, preterite, second-person
Subjunctive
- wage
- first-person, form-of, singular, subjunctive-i, third-person
- wagen
- first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- wagest
- second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- waget
- plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- wagte
- first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- wagten
- first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- wagtest
- formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- wagtet
- formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- habe gewagt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive
- haben gewagt
- first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive
- habest gewagt
- multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- habet gewagt
- multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- hätte gewagt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive
- hätten gewagt
- first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive
- hättest gewagt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive
- hättet gewagt
- multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive
- werde wagen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden wagen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest wagen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet wagen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde wagen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden wagen
- first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdest wagen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würdet wagen
- future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- werde gewagt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werden gewagt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdest gewagt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- werdet gewagt haben
- future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i
- würde gewagt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
- würden gewagt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii
Imperative
- wage
- form-of, imperative, singular
- wag
- form-of, imperative, singular
- wagt
- imperative, plural, second-person
Participle
- gewagt
- participle, past
- wagend
- participle, present
Infinitive
- wagen
- infinitive
Other
- Wagen
- form-of, gerund, neuter, no-plural, strong
- habe gewagt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular
- haben gewagt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural
- hast gewagt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular
- habt gewagt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person
- hat gewagt
- indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person
- hatte gewagt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular
- hatten gewagt
- first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural
- hattest gewagt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular
- hattet gewagt
- indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person
- wagen werden
- future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde wagen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden wagen
- first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst wagen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet wagen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird wagen
- future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person
- gewagt haben werden
- future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction
- werde gewagt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular
- werden gewagt haben
- first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural
- wirst gewagt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular
- werdet gewagt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person
- wird gewagt haben
- future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person