VW

See also: vw and vw.

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (initialism) /viːˈdʌbəljuː/, (full form) /ˈvoʊkswæɡən/
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Proper noun

VW

  1. Initialism of Volkswagen, a German car manufacturer.
    • 2020 March 27, Gwyn Topham, Fiona Harvey, “Carmakers accused of trying to use crisis to avert emissions crackdown”, in The Guardian[1]:
      The big German carmakers Daimler, VW and BMW have already indicated they are aiming to comply with the new CO2 targets regardless of the current situation.

Translations

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faʊ̯ˈveː/

Noun

VW m (strong, genitive VW or VWs, plural VW)

  1. (healthcare) initialism of Verbandswechsel

Declension

Noun

VW n (strong, genitive VW or VWs, plural VW or VWe)

  1. (insurance) abbreviation of Versorgungswerk

Declension

Proper noun

VW (with an article) f (genitive VW, no plural)

  1. (insurance) initialism of Versicherungswirtschaft

Proper noun

VW m or n (proper noun, strong, genitive VWs or VW's or (with an article) VW)

  1. initialism of Volkswagen (car manufacturer)

Noun

VW m (strong, genitive VW or VWs or VW's, plural VW or VWs or VW's)

  1. initialism of Volkswagen (car)

Declension

Usage notes

  • In both senses the initialism is much more common in German than the full form.