Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vienna sausage

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.58 in modern English

Syllables: vi-en-na sausage
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of smoked link sausage.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

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

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

Vienna sausages (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

frankfurter

Synonyms

Viennese sausage wiener wienie wienerwurst

Questions

What does vienna sausage mean?: A kind of smoked link sausage.
Where does vienna sausage come from?: A calque of German Wienerwurst (“Viennese sausage”); compare the borrowed form wienerwurst.

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