Dieselgate

dieselgate English Etymology From en diesel gate. Proper noun en informal The Volkswagen emissions scandal of 2015. en Emissionsgate en 2018-07-23 Vivienne Walt Volkswagen Races to Put ‘Dieselgate’ in the Rear View Fortune (magazine) Fortune http://fortune.com/longform/volkswagen-dieselgate-electric-fix/ Volkswagen says it’s eager to talk about the future rather than rehash the scandal. But ignoring Dieselgate has proved impossible. Two weeks before Fortune’s visit to Wolfsburg, German prosecutors had levied a billion-euro penalty (about $1.17 billion) against Volkswagen for Dieselgate, one of the country’s biggest-ever industrial fines—and a blow against one of Germany’s most iconic companies. https://web.archive.org/web/20180814150758/https://fortune.com/longform/volkswagen-dieselgate-electric-fix/ Translations Volkswagen emissions scandal Dutch: nl dieselgate m, nl Dieselgate m German: de Dieselgate n German Etymology de :af Diesel -gate From de Diesel -gate. Pronunciation de /ˈdiːzl̩ˌɡɛɪ̯t/ /ˈdiːzl̩ˌɡeːt/ de De-Dieselgate.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun n de informal en Dieselgate de Abgasskandal Further reading Abgasskandal de