v
German, noun
v is spelled V (one letter) and appears 166 times per million words in written German, the 523rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). V is a German neuter noun meaning “alternative letter-case form of V” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, v. is a different word: “abbreviation of von”. With a capital, V is a different word: “V”.
What does v mean in English?
letter
- 1
neuterThe twenty-second letter of the German alphabet, written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
neuteralternative letter-case form of V
preposition
- 1
abbreviation of von
- 2
abbreviation of vom
- 3
abbreviation of vor
letter
- 1
neuterThe twenty-second letter of the German alphabet, called Vau and written in the Latin script.
noun
- 1
neuterV
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
letter: 1. der 22. Buchstabe des lateinischen Alphabets
abbreviation: 1. die Minuskel des 22. Buchstaben des lateinischen Alphabetes 2. Formelzeichen für Geschwindigkeit
abbreviation: 1. von, vom 2. vor
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of v
- V uppercase
- vs plural
- v lowercase
- Vs plural
- Vau alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is v in German?
v appears 166 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).