Pronunciation of v in German
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Pronunciation of v in German
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The pronunciation of ⟨v⟩ is one of the few cases of ambiguity in German orthography. The German language normally uses ⟨f⟩ to indicate the sound and ⟨w⟩ to indicate the sound. However, ⟨v⟩ does occur in a large number of German words, where its pronunciation is in some words but in others. Originally, in Middle High German, the sound had been voiced in some dialects and was therefore written ⟨v⟩. Contemporary German has gone back to the unvoiced pronunciation, but idiosyncratically sometimes ret
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