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wienerwurst

wienerwurst

8.8
A thin smoked sausage made from beef or pork often served in a bun
  • noun
  • /ˈwiːnərˌwɜrst/
translation icon : salchicha
  • At the local festival, I enjoyed a delicious wienerwurst served in a warm bread roll.

Examples

  • During our picnic, we grilled wienerwurst and shared them with friends.

  • He bought a wienerwurst from the street vendor and savored every bite.

  • One of my favorite eating well moments came during a layover in the Frankfurt airport on my way to Paris, and the extreme satisfaction I felt ordering in German a Weissbier and Wienerwurst Pärchen and feeling like I was enjoying the food of the gods at that moment!

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Synonyms

dog
vswienerwurst
627 8.4

A thin cooked sausage often served in a bread roll

has identical meaning but differs only by name or form
hot dog
vswienerwurst
252 1.0

A cooked sausage in a sliced bun, often with mustard or ketchup

is the same type but focuses on smoking and plain roll serving
sausage
vswienerwurst
184 1.0

A food made from ground meat and spices in a thin skin

refers to that specific smooth smoked variety often in a bread roll
wiener
vswienerwurst
  • US
69 1.8

A small cooked sausage often served in a bread roll like a hot dog

has identical meaning but differs only by name or form
brat
vswienerwurst
  • US
22 5.0

A small pork sausage like a bratwurst

is larger or standard-sized and is smooth and often smoked
frank
vswienerwurst
  • US
9 3.2

A smooth sausage usually made from beef or pork and eaten in a roll

has identical meaning but differs only by name or form
Vienna sausage
vswienerwurst
5 3.6

A small thin cooked sausage sold in cans or jars

is the same meat product but usually served hot in a roll not canned
frankfurter
vswienerwurst
3 2.0

A smooth, smoky sausage of pork or beef often served in a bread roll

has identical meaning but differs only by name or form
pork sausage
vswienerwurst
3 1.0

A food people make from ground pork and spices inside a skin and cook

can be pork or beef and highlights smooth smoked texture
knackwurst
vswienerwurst
2 8.6

A short thick German sausage usually made from pork and beef

is a smoother less highly seasoned sausage usually served in a roll
knockwurst
vswienerwurst
  • US
2 8.1

A short, thick German sausage made from pork and beef

is a smoother less highly seasoned sausage usually served in a roll
wurst
vswienerwurst
1 5.1

A German sausage made from pork, beef or veal and spices

is one specific smooth smoked type within that broader category often served in rolls
blutwurst
vswienerwurst
1 9.9

A German sausage made from pork and blood with spices

uses regular minced meat rather than blood and is smooth and smoked
grilled wiener
vswienerwurst
  • US
2.3

A sausage cooked on a grill and put in a bun like a hot dog

is the same product usually not described by its cooking method

How Smooth

wienerwurst
8.8
sausage
184 1.0
bratwurst
13 4.5
salami
40 1.0

Surface Forms

wienerwurst singular
wienerwursts plural

Morphology

wienerwurst = wiener + wurst (semi-transparent) = wiener + wurst

A direct loan compound from German whose components are recognizable as words for some learners, but the exact type and usage is tied to the German compound and not fully productive English morphology.

Etymology

Wienerwurst comes from the German words Wiener meaning 'from Vienna' and Wurst meaning 'sausage'. So a wienerwurst is literally a 'Vienna sausage', which explains why it is a smooth, smoked sausage often served in a bread roll.