Meanings
fahrvergnügen1
- alternativeuncountableAlternative form of Fahrvergnügen.
Fahrvergnügen2
alternative Fahrvergnugen · alternative fahrvergnügen · alternative Fahrvergnuegen · alternative fahrvergnuegen
- uncountableDriving pleasure, especially with regard to Volkswagen vehicles.
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!”
2013, Michael Wigge, How to Travel the World for Free: One Man, 150 Days, Eleven Countries, No Money!, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
Origin
- GermanFahrvergnügen
- EnglishFahrvergnügen
An unadapted borrowing from German Fahrvergnügen, from fahren (“to drive”) + Vergnügen (“pleasure”); popularized in the US by Volkswagen advertisements in the 1990s.
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