VW

See also: vw and vw.

English

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

  (file)

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

Volkswagen, a German car manufacturer

• Arabic: فُولْكْس فَاجَن m (fulks fāgan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大眾汽車 / 大众汽车 (zh) (Dàzhòng qìchē)

• Georgian: ფოლქსვაგენი (polksvageni)
• German: VW (de) m or n, Volkswagen (de) m or n
• Greek: Βολκσβάγκεν (Volksvágken)
• Hebrew: פולקסווגן
• Hindi: फोल्क्सवागन (pholksavāgan)
• Japanese: フォルクスワーゲン (Forukusuwāgen)
• Korean: 폭스바겐 (pokseubagen)
• Mandarin:
• Norwegian: folkevogn f
• Persian: فولکس‌واگن
• Portuguese: VW f
• Russian: Фольксва́ген m (Folʹksvágen)
• Thai: โฟล์ค (fôok), รถโฟล์ค (rót fôok), รถเต่า (rót tàw)

Anagrams

• WV, w/v

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faʊ̯ˈveː/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

Noun

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

1. (healthcare) initialism of Verbandswechsel

Declension

Declension of VW [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	VW	die	VW
genitive	eines	des	VW, VWs	der	VW
dative	einem	dem	VW	den	VW
accusative	einen	den	VW	die	VW

Noun

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

1. (insurance) abbreviation of Versorgungswerk

Declension

Declension of VW [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	VW	die	VW, VWe
genitive	eines	des	VW, VWs	der	VW, VWe
dative	einem	dem	VW	den	VW, VWen
accusative	ein	das	VW	die	VW, VWe

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

Declension of VW [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	VW	die	VW, VWs, VW's
genitive	eines	des	VW, VWs, VW's	der	VW, VWs, VW's
dative	einem	dem	VW	den	VW, VWs, VW's
accusative	einen	den	VW	die	VW, VWs, VW's

Usage notes

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