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Volt uses "W" sound instead of F, because Volt comes from the name of Italian physicist Allessandro Volta. Italian sound for V is W or english V. Are there pro
by saberdancer 6y ago
Volt uses "W" sound instead of F, because Volt comes from the name of Italian physicist Allessandro Volta. Italian sound for V is W or english V.
Are there proper German words that don't read V as F? I've been lead to believe German is strict with phonem/letter combination.
- bot1 6y agoVagina
- zwieback 6y agoExcellent question, running through a few options in my mind "Version and Variation" come to mind. I'm not sure those qualify as a proper German words, probably not.
- tomjakubowski 6y agoIs my understanding correct that loan words are usually pronounced according to the donor language? (e.g. "das Handy") I seem to remember V is special somehow too, for historical reasons. If I am reading Duden right, Version is directly a French loanword: https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Version https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Version while Variation is "influenced" by French: https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Variation https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Variation