"V" meaning in German

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Character

IPA: /faʊ̯/ [letter, name], /f/ [phoneme], /v/ [phoneme] Audio: De-V.OGG Forms: v [lowercase]
Rhymes: -aʊ̯ Etymology: For the origin of the letter, see v. Orthography and pronunciation Germanic f was pronounced [v] in some dialects of Middle High German and was predominantly spelt v. This voicing was later reversed stem-initially in most dialects and stem-internally in some (including Standard German). In inherited words, the spelling mostly switched back to f accordingly. This always happened before l, r, u, ü, but otherwise there remains a number of relicts. These are the prefix ver-, the words Frevel, Vater, Vetter, Vieh, viel, vier, Vogel, Volk, voll, von, vor, and their derivatives. In native German proper nouns, initial V is always /f/, but the internal pronunciation is hard to predict and differs by region. For example, it is usually /f/ in northern German placenames (e.g. Hannover, Havel, Jever), but /v/ in western ones (e.g. Grevenbroich, Leverkusen, Overath). V was retained in words of foreign origin and its pronunciation varied. The contemporary standard is normally /v/, but always /f/ in Eva, Vau, Veilchen, Veit, Vettel, Vlies, Vogt. The words Vers, Vesper, Vize have /f/ in Germany, but usually /v/ in Austria. Both ways are de-facto standard in Evangelium, hieven, Larve, Nerven, Pulver (though dictionaries may recognise only one form or the other). Etymology templates: {{m|mul|v}} v, {{cog|gmh|-}} Middle High German, {{m|de|ver-}} ver-, {{m|de|Frevel, Vater, Vetter, Vieh, viel, vier, Vogel, Volk, voll, von, vor}} Frevel, Vater, Vetter, Vieh, viel, vier, Vogel, Volk, voll, von, vor, {{m|de|Hannover}} Hannover, {{m|de|Havel}} Havel, {{m|de|Jever}} Jever, {{m|de|Grevenbroich}} Grevenbroich, {{m|de|Leverkusen}} Leverkusen, {{m|de|Overath}} Overath, {{m|de|Eva, Vau, Veilchen, Veit, Vettel, Vlies, Vogt}} Eva, Vau, Veilchen, Veit, Vettel, Vlies, Vogt, {{m|de|Vers, Vesper, Vize}} Vers, Vesper, Vize, {{m|de|Evangelium, hieven, Larve, Nerven, Pulver}} Evangelium, hieven, Larve, Nerven, Pulver Head templates: {{head|de|letter|upper case||lower case|v}} V (upper case, lower case v)
  1. The twenty-second letter of the German alphabet, called Vau and written in the Latin script. Tags: letter, uppercase
    Sense id: en-V-de-character-Mkr6jL-S Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

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