Vienna sausage

noun

A 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.”

Meanings

nounVienna sausage (countable and uncountable, plural Vienna sausages)

plural Vienna sausages

  1. 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, →OCLC

    Synonyms: Viennese sausage, wiener, wienie, wienerwurst

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA kind of smoked link sausage.

Origin

  1. GermanWienerwurst“Viennese sausage”
  2. EnglishVienna sausage

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

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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
APA

Vienna sausage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vienna%20sausage

MLA

“Vienna sausage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vienna%20sausage. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Vienna sausage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Vienna%20sausage.

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