Vienna sausage

English

Etymology

A calque of German Wienerwurst (“Viennese sausage”); compare the borrowed form wienerwurst.

Noun

Vienna sausage (plural Vienna sausages)

1. A kind of smoked link sausage.

   Synonyms: wiener, wienie, wienerwurst

   Spicy but delicate Vienna sausages are eaten with various dishes such as sauerkraut or as a snack by themselves, with or without relish.

Translations

sausage

• Catalan: salsitxa de Viena f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 維也納香腸／维也纳香肠 (Wéiyĕnà xiāngcháng)

• Danish: wienerpølse c
• Finnish: nakki (fi)
• French: saucisse de Vienne (fr)
• German: Wiener Würstchen, Frankfurter (de), Frankfurter Würstchen (Austria and the Netherlands)
• Italian: würstel (it) m, würstel di Vienna
• Japanese: ウインナー (ja) (Winnā)
• Macedonian: виршла f (viršla)
• Norwegian: wienerpølse
• Spanish: salchicha de Viena (es) f, salchicha vienesa f
• Swedish: wienerkorv (sv)

See also

• frankfurter