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Swedish

w

/ˈdɵbɛlveː/ · character

Meaning

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Swedish alphabet, called dubbel-ve and written in the Latin script; previously treated as a variant of the letter v and not as its own independent letter.
  2. weed (marijuana)
  3. The twenty-third letter of the Swedish alphabet (optionally, if included), called dubbel-V and written in the Latin script.

Etymology / origin

Borrowed from German W and English W, derived from Latin V, derived from Latin U. First attested in 1717.

  1. u(Latin)→
  2. u(Latin)→
  3. v(Latin)→
  4. v(Latin)→
  5. w(English)→
  6. W(German)→
  7. w (Swedish)
  8. Relations: bor, bor, der, der, der, der

Related words

W(German)w(English)v(Latin)u(Latin)

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