Winterkorn is an English word. Below you'll find 9 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Winterkorn in a sentence
Winterkorn meaning
A surname from German.
Using Winterkorn
- The main meaning on this page is: A surname from German.
- In the example corpus, winterkorn often appears in combinations such as: martin winterkorn, that winterkorn, winterkorn who.
Context around Winterkorn
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Winterkorn
- In this selection, "winterkorn" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, martin and knew stand out and add context to how "winterkorn" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2017 that winterkorn was among and affected mr winterkorn said he. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "winterkorn" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with winterkorn
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Prosecutors alleged that Winterkorn knew about the software since at least May 2015. (13 words)
Tuch met weekly with Winterkorn, according to an account in VW’s in-house magazine. (15 words)
Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has been charged in connection with the automaker’s emissions-cheating scandal. (17 words)
Stepping down from the role as it emerged that cars around the world were affected, Mr Winterkorn said he was “utterly sorry” for the crisis which engulfed VW, and wiped tens of billions off the company’s market value as VW shares plunged. (43 words)
Two of VW’s biggest beasts, chairman and R&D boss Martin Winterkorn and his more sceptical head of research and development, Ulrich Hackenberg, had a bet that Europe would learn to love this Golf with a boot. (38 words)
What is a crime is what some of VW’s executives have been accused of, like ex-CEO Martin Winterkorn, who has been criminally charged with conspiracy and wire fraud by U.S. prosecutors. (34 words)
Example sentences (9)
Former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn has been charged in connection with the automaker’s emissions-cheating scandal.
Prosecutors alleged that Winterkorn knew about the software since at least May 2015.
A federal grand jury in Detroit has indicted former Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn on charges stemming from the company’s diesel emissions cheating scandal.
It showed Bischoff being yelled at by former CEO Martin Winterkorn, who was inspecting a model by South Korean rival Hyundai and had discovered something that had displeased him.
Prosecutors in the city of Braunschweig said in January of 2017 that Winterkorn was among 37 suspects being investigated in a criminal probe related to the emissions scandal.
Stepping down from the role as it emerged that cars around the world were affected, Mr Winterkorn said he was “utterly sorry” for the crisis which engulfed VW, and wiped tens of billions off the company’s market value as VW shares plunged.
Tuch met weekly with Winterkorn, according to an account in VW’s in-house magazine.
Two of VW’s biggest beasts, chairman and R&D boss Martin Winterkorn and his more sceptical head of research and development, Ulrich Hackenberg, had a bet that Europe would learn to love this Golf with a boot.
What is a crime is what some of VW’s executives have been accused of, like ex-CEO Martin Winterkorn, who has been criminally charged with conspiracy and wire fraud by U.S. prosecutors.
Common combinations with winterkorn
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: