Volkswagen is a German multinational automotive brand name, used as a noun to refer to the company or its vehicles. The word blends “Volk” (people) with “Wagen” (car), meaning “people’s car.” In English, it’s treated as a proper noun with the initial stress on the first syllable, and the second syllable is clearly enunciated as -swah-gen. It’s a closed compound borrowed from German branding and pronounced with non-English phonotactics.
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