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/v/ is from West Germanic stem-internal *b and *f; from stem-initial *f around Aachen and in the Netherlands.
For the origin of /f/, see F. For the origin of /ʋ/, see W.
Pronunciation
/v/, (German-based also)/f/, /ʋ/
Letter
V
A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
Usage notes
Systems for the use of V
In the German-based spelling of Moselle Franconian, v is used instead of regular worf only after the German cognate.
In the German-based spelling of Ripuarian (without Aachen region), initial v is used as above, but internal v is the regular spelling for /v/.
In Aachen and the Netherlands there is a threefold phonemic distinction between w/ʋ/, v/v/, f/f/, which the spelling reflects.
Doubling of V and use in the syllable coda
In the German-based spelling, v is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem. In the syllable coda, the choice between v and f may be based on internal analogy, but more often follows the German cognate.
In the Dutch-based spelling, v is doubled after short vowels. Coda v is automatically replaced with f.
《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education, and another pronunciation is commonly used instead. In the case of V, 《汉语拼音方案》 defines its pronunciation as ㄪㄝ, using the initial ㄪ(vō/v/), which is obsolete in standard Mandarin. This is one of the only instances of the letter being used in standard Pinyin.
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and V for information on the development of the glyph itself. The letter was only rarely used prior to the 19th century, when it replaced W.
Germanic f was pronounced in some dialects of Middle High German and was predominantly spelt v. This voicing was later reversed stem-initially in most dialects and stem-internally in some (including Standard German). In inherited words, the spelling mostly switched back to f accordingly. This always happened before l, r, u, ü, but otherwise there remains a number of relicts. These are the prefix ver-, the words Frevel, Vater, Vetter, Vieh, viel, vier, Vogel, Volk, voll, von, vor, and their derivatives.
In native German proper nouns, initial V is always /f/, but the internal pronunciation is hard to predict and differs by region. For example, it is usually /f/ in northern German placenames (e.g. Hannover, Havel, Jever), but /v/ in western ones (e.g. Grevenbroich, Leverkusen, Overath).
V was retained in words of foreign origin and its pronunciation varied. The contemporary standard is normally /v/, but always /f/ in Eva, Vau, Veilchen, Veit, Vettel, Vlies, Vogt. The words Vers, Vesper, Vize have /f/ in Germany, but usually /v/ in Austria. Both ways are de-facto standard in Evangelium, hieven, Larve, Nerven, Pulver (though dictionaries may recognise only one form or the other).
A letter in the Latin alphabet, representing the consonant /w/ (later /v/) and the vowels /u/ and /uː/
Usage notes
Historical Latin texts did not distinguish the consonantal and vocalic readings of this letter orthographically. In modern texts and editions of older texts, the vowels are typically written ⟨U⟩ and ⟨Ū⟩ rather than with ⟨V⟩.
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.
In Hanyu Pinyin, the letter v is unused, except for the official pronunciation of the letter V. However, the ease of typing into a computer means that it is sometimes used in place of Ü.
Sense 2 was derived from восток(vostok, “east, eastern Ukraine”). Like the Z sign, the V sign was initially used for vehicles targeted towards Kyiv, and later popularised by the Russian government on social media as a rallying symbol.
#силаVправде(hashtag using V by Russian nationalists in support for war against Ukraine)
#silaVpravde
"our strength is in truth"
ZOV(a symbol combining Z and O, more symbols used on Russian tanks, used by the Russian government and some online users in support for war against Ukraine)
ZOV (may also be interpreted as зов, or "call forth ")
Usage notes
Russian nationalists replace instances of the Cyrillic letter В(V) with Roman V in some words and usernames.
(historical) the 21st letter of the Swedish alphabet (when I and J was not viewed as separate letters)
(historical) the 20th letter of the Swedish alphabet (when U and V was not viewed as separate letters)
Usage notes
The letter W is sometimes seen as an alternative form of V and not a separate letter.
In some situations, such as in URLs, the pronunciation of the separate letter W is identical to that of V.
Since 2006 the letter W has been categorised as a separate letter by the dictionary Svenska Akademins Ordlista (SAOL). Before that, it was viewed as a variant of the letter V and sorted thereunder.[2]