Well attestedNamed from the place
Vienna sausage
noun · first attested 19th century
In Vienna the very same sausage is called a Frankfurter.
A small, smoked, finely ground pork and beef sausage, sold fresh in Europe and canned in the United States.
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- Relationship
- Named from the place
- Confidence
- Well attestedThe place link is the standard scholarly account.
- Attested
- 19th century
- Part of speech
- noun
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Vienna
- In English
Vienna sausage
The name translates Wiener Würstchen, and the sausage is usually credited to a butcher trained in the Frankfurt area who set up shop in Vienna, which is why each city names it after the other. The canned American version is a different product that borrowed the name.
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