Etymology

fahrvergnügen

Today it means: Driving pleasure, especially with regard to Volkswagen vehicles. Full definition →

German Fahrvergnügen
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  1. German · borrowed fromFahrvergnügen
  2. English todayFahrvergnügen

An unadapted borrowing from German Fahrvergnügen, from fahren (“to drive”) + Vergnügen (“pleasure”); popularized in the US by Volkswagen advertisements in the 1990s.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.