von

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(von; Ger. fôn, unstressed fən)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
von  (von; Ger. fôn, unstressed fən),USA pronunciation prep. 
  1. from;
    of (used in German and Austrian personal names, originally to indicate place of origin and later to indicate nobility):Paul von Hindenburg.

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