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Apparently it varies, but German-W pronounced as English-V (or at least nearly so) is the most common variation? Many sources on the net, but this one has the
by quesera 1y ago
Apparently it varies, but German-W pronounced as English-V (or at least nearly so) is the most common variation?
Many sources on the net, but this one has the most nuanced discussion that I could find:
https://old.reddit.com/r/German/comments/53ws8q/are_ws_always_pronounced_like_vs/ https://old.reddit.com/r/German/comments/53ws8q/are_ws_alway...
- 1718627440 1y agoOk, as a German, I think we just don't care about the distinction. We only have the two letters/sounds W and F, the first representing various sounds between [w] and [v]. I think it isn't even a dialect thing, i.e. it is more like unspecified behaviour not like implementation-defined, it can change by time-of-day by a single person, because we just don't care. The letter V can represent either the German W or F sound, I think you just need to know that for every word.