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fahrvergnügen

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fahrvergnu-gen
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Driving pleasure, especially with regard to Volkswagen vehicles.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of Fahrvergnügen.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

An unadapted borrowing from German Fahrvergnügen, from fahren (“to drive”) + Vergnügen (“pleasure”); popularized in the US by Volkswagen advertisements in the 1990s.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Fahrvergnugen (alternative) Fahrvergnuegen (alternative)

Questions

What does fahrvergnügen mean?
Driving pleasure, especially with regard to Volkswagen vehicles.
Where does fahrvergnügen come from?
An unadapted borrowing from German Fahrvergnügen, from fahren (“to drive”) + Vergnügen (“pleasure”); popularized in the US by Volkswagen advertisements in the 1990s.

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