ÖV
German, noun/øːfaʊ/
ÖV is spelled Ö-V (2 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,795th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). ÖV is a German masculine noun meaning “public transport” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ÖV mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepublic transport
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. öffentlicher Verkehr 2. öffentliche Verwaltung
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce ÖV?
- /øːfaʊ/
- [øːˈfaʊ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ÖV in German?
ÖV appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).