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See also: , , vu, VU, , , and .vu

Bavarian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German vil, from Old High German filu, from Proto-Germanic *felu. Cognates include German viel and Luxembourgish vill.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /fʏ/, /fʏː/
  • Hyphenation:

Pronoun

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  1. (East Central Bavarian, Vienna) much
    • 2014, “Schau ma mal”, performed by Wiener Blond:
      Weil vom zu tuan, krieg'ma ja ollaweil nua an Zurn.
      Because from doing too much, we'll only get angry.
    • 2015, “Wien wort auf di”, performed by Granada:
      Hast so z'tuan, aber net genug Zeit dafür.
      You have so much to do, but not enought time for it.

Determiner

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  1. (East Central Bavarian, Vienna) much, many
    • 1938, Josef Weinheber, Wien wörtlich, Sieg der Provinz:
      I waaß net, es gibt so vü' Dichter in Wien,
      und ålle geehrt und berühmt.
      I didn't know there were so many poets in Vienna,
      and all honorable and famous.

References

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  • Maria Hornung, Sigmar Grüner (2002) “fü”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
  • Petr Šubrt (2010) Wiener dialekt (master thesis), Masaryk University, page 27

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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  1. between