vü

See also: vú, vù, vu, VU, vũ, Vũ, and .vu

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• vui, vej (West Central)

Etymology

From Middle High German vil, from Old High German filu, from Proto-Germanic *felu. Cognates include German viel and Luxembourgish vill.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʏ/, /fʏː/
• Hyphenation: vü

Pronoun

vü

1. (East Central Bavarian, Vienna) much
   • 2014, “Schau ma mal [Let's just see]”, performed by Wiener Blond:

     Weil vom zu vü tuan, krieg'ma ja ollaweil nua an Zurn.

     Because from doing too much, we'll only get angry.

   • 2015, “Wien wort auf di [Vienna waits for you]”, performed by Granada:

     Hast so vü z'tuan, aber net genug Zeit dafür.

     You have so much to do, but not enought time for it.

Determiner

vü

1. (East Central Bavarian, Vienna) much, many
   • 1938, Josef Weinheber, Wien wörtlich, Sieg der Provinz:

     I waaß net, es gibt so vü' Dichter in Wien,
     und ålle geehrt und berühmt.

     I didn't know there were so many poets in Vienna,
     and all honorable and famous.

References

• Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “fü”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
• Petr Šubrt (2010) Wiener dialekt (master thesis), Masaryk University, page 27

Volapük

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vy/

Preposition

vü

1. between