Fahrvergnügen
English
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editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from German Fahrvergnügen, from fahren (“to drive”) + Vergnügen (“pleasure”); popularised in the USA by Volkswagen advertisements in the 1990s.
Noun
editFahrvergnügen (uncountable)
- Driving pleasure, especially with regard to Volkswagen vehicles.
- 2013, Michael Wigge, How to Travel the World for Free: One Man, 150 Days, Eleven Countries, No Money![1], Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
- During an intense pillow fight with one of the girls, one of the students shouts out: “Hit him for the bad Audi the Germans have sold me!” The rest of the group laughs and another student adds, “Hit him also for the VW Fahrvergnügen!”
Further reading
edit- Volkswagen advertising § Fahrvergnügen on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
German
editEtymology
editfahren (“to drive”) + Vergnügen (“pleasure”)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editFahrvergnügen n (strong, genitive Fahrvergnügens, plural Fahrvergnügen)
- Driving pleasure.
- 1967 July 21, Heinz D. Stuckmann, “BMW 2000: Ein ganz normales Auto”, in Die Zeit[2], no. 29/1967:
- Nur bei Sportwagen bekommt man vielleicht für denselben Preis etwas mehr: immer Image, oft Fahrvergnügen bei Sommerwetter, manchmal eine Freundin, gelegentlich auch Motorsport, wenn man seine Sportlust mit dem Porsche samstags kurz nach Sonnenaufgang auf stillen Eifelstraßen austobt oder Rallye fährt.
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- 1972 March 17, “Simca 1000 Rallye 1: Demokratisiertes Fahrvergnügen”, in Die Zeit[3], no. 11/1972:
- Mit dem Simca 1000 Rallye 1 wird den Freunden sportlicher Autos „demokratisiertes Fahrvergnügen“ versprochen.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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