Volkswagen
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from German Volkswagen.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Volkswagen
Noun
Volkswagen (plural Volkswagens)
- A car manufactured by Volkswagen.
Translations
a car manufacturer
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a car manufactured by Volkswagen
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a car manufacturer or a car manufactured by Volkswagen
See also
Finnish
Etymology
From German Volkswagen.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Volkswagen
- Volkswagen (German car manufacturer or a car made by it)
Declension
| Inflection of Volkswagen (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | Volkswagen | Volkswagenit | |
| genitive | Volkswagenin | Volkswagenien Volkswageneiden Volkswageneitten | |
| partitive | Volkswagenia | Volkswageneita Volkswageneja | |
| illative | Volkswageniin | Volkswageneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Volkswagen | Volkswagenit | |
| accusative | nom. | Volkswagen | Volkswagenit |
| gen. | Volkswagenin | ||
| genitive | Volkswagenin | Volkswagenien Volkswageneiden Volkswageneitten | |
| partitive | Volkswagenia | Volkswageneita Volkswageneja | |
| inessive | Volkswagenissa | Volkswageneissa | |
| elative | Volkswagenista | Volkswageneista | |
| illative | Volkswageniin | Volkswageneihin | |
| adessive | Volkswagenilla | Volkswageneilla | |
| ablative | Volkswagenilta | Volkswageneilta | |
| allative | Volkswagenille | Volkswageneille | |
| essive | Volkswagenina | Volkswageneina | |
| translative | Volkswageniksi | Volkswageneiksi | |
| abessive | Volkswagenitta | Volkswageneitta | |
| instructive | — | Volkswagenein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Synonyms
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from German Volkswagen.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Volkswagen m
- Volkswagen (car manufacturer)
Noun
Volkswagen f (plural Volkswagen)
- a Volkswagen car
- Synonym: Volks, Volksie
Derived terms
German
Alternative forms
- VW (abbreviation, much more common than the full form)
Etymology
From Volk (“people, folk”) + -s- + Wagen (“car, vehicle”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Volkswagen m or n (proper noun, strong, genitive Volkswagens)
- Volkswagen (car manufacturer)
Usage notes
- The company name is used without an article, so its gender does not become apparent. It could theoretically be masculine (like the underlying Wagen) or neuter (like most company names), but both of these sound awkward. The form Volkswagen-Konzern m will be used whenever a gendered form is needed.
Noun
Volkswagen m (strong, genitive Volkswagens or Volkswagen, plural Volkswagen or (chiefly southern) Volkswägen)
- A car made by the German car manufacturer.
- Ich fahre einen Volkswagen.
- I drive a Volkswagen.
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
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| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Volkswagen | die | Volkswagen, Volkswägen |
| genitive | eines | des | Volkswagens, Volkswagen | der | Volkswagen, Volkswägen |
| dative | einem | dem | Volkswagen | den | Volkswagen, Volkswägen |
| accusative | einen | den | Volkswagen | die | Volkswagen, Volkswägen |
Declension of Volkswagen [masculine, strong]
Further reading
- “Volkswagen” in Duden online
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