V=?

[burger16b]

ok so I know that V= gives you mph or kmh but what does the v stand for in german?

[infinitekidM2C]

victory

[Dodo]

Does not mean anything in German (AFAIK). My guess is that it is an adopted term, probably from the english word 'Velocity'. In german car mags you will often see the "V-max" abbreviation for top speed.

This would fall under the heading "Fremdworte" which means foreign language words that are commonly used even by native speakers who don't know the language of origin. For examples in your own native tongue think of words like "Gauche" (french) or "et cetera" (latin).

[Dackelone]

v = V-max

[BrokenVert]

v is either specific volume, velocity, viscosity, shear force, degrees of freedom, or velociraptor

[infinitekidM2C]

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

v is either specific volume, velocity, viscosity, shear force, degrees of freedom, or velociraptor

[burger16b]

Ok thanks for the clarification. I thought it stood for velocity

[Vectors2final]

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

v is either specific volume, velocity, viscosity, shear force, degrees of freedom, or velociraptor

Winning!

[1speedbike]

Originally Posted by BrokenVert

v is either specific volume, velocity, viscosity, shear force, degrees of freedom, or velociraptor

lol, that ^

but specifically it's velocity. it's standardized that way so it's the same in every language.

Same with all sciencey things in general... chemistry, physics, etc (for example in german the element "carbon" is "Kohlenstoff" but the symbol is still "C" ; v = x/t still holds in german even though "v" stands for "Geschwindigkeit").

[miiipilot]

I'm in with velocity.

miiipilot

[Vectors2final]

He had me at, velociraptor.