Meanings
plural Vienna sausages
- countableuncountableA kind of smoked link sausage.
Spicy but delicate Vienna sausages are eaten with various dishes such as sauerkraut or as a snack by themselves, with or without relish.
1 more example
For Sunday night supper simmer a can or two of Vienna sausage (those of midget cocktail size) in a spicy barbecue sauce for a quarter of an hour.
1950 June 20, “News of Food: Broiled, Frozen Lobster Now Comes Ready to Eat After Brisk Heating for the Cook’s Notebook”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLCSynonyms: Viennese sausage, wiener, wienie, wienerwurst
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA kind of smoked link sausage.
Origin
- GermanWienerwurst“Viennese sausage”
- EnglishVienna sausage
A calque of German Wienerwurst (“Viennese sausage”); compare the borrowed form wienerwurst.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan salsitxa de Viena
- salsitxa de Vienasausage
Chinese Mandarin 維也納香腸 /维也纳香肠
- 維也納香腸 /维也纳香肠 (Wéiyĕnà xiāngcháng)sausage
Danish wienerpølse
- wienerpølsesausage
Finnish nakki
- nakkisausage
French saucisse de Vienne
- saucisse de Viennesausage
German Wiener Würstchen, Frankfurter
- Wiener Würstchensausage
- Frankfurtersausage
- Frankfurter Würstchensausage
Italian würstel, würstel di Vienna
- würstelsausage
- würstel di Viennasausage
Japanese ウインナー
- ウインナー (Winnā)sausage
Korean 비엔나 소시지
- 비엔나 소시지 (bienna sosiji)sausage
Norwegian wienerpølse
- wienerpølsesausage
Polish parówka
- parówkasausage
Spanish salchicha de Viena, salchicha vienesa
- salchicha de Vienasausage
- salchicha vienesasausage
Swedish wienerkorv
- wienerkorvsausage
Turkish viyana sosisi
- viyana sosisisausage
Cite this entry
Vienna sausage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vienna%20sausage
“Vienna sausage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vienna%20sausage. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Vienna sausage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vienna%20sausage.
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