{"id":7391,"date":"2019-06-15T06:05:21","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T05:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=7391"},"modified":"2025-01-14T17:41:45","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T16:41:45","slug":"sausage-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/sausage-terms\/","title":{"rendered":"The language of sausages"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sausageslanguagesmall.jpg\" alt=\"Sausage and mustard\" class=\"wp-image-56456\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sausageslanguagesmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sausageslanguagesmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>They speak German in Vienna, though this may come as a surprise should you overhear a conversation between two locals. As well as the different pronunciation, &#8220;Viennese&#8221; has its own vocabulary, too. Including when it comes to sausages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The regional dialect has various colourful names for its favourite food<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some words are likely myths created to entertain German tourists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No need to learn the names: anyone you meet will likely speak English, too<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-walking-tours-l205287\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_FandD\" rel=\"sponsored\">walking tour<\/a>* in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/sausages\/\">Guide to sausages in Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"wienerisch-and-wurst\">Wienerisch and Wurst<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kaesekrainer.jpg\" alt=\"K\u00e4sekrainer\" class=\"wp-image-41462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kaesekrainer.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/kaesekrainer-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(An <em>Eitrige<\/em>, otherwise known as a K\u00e4sekrainer sausage)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pronunciation of the Viennese German dialect (called &#8220;Wienerisch&#8221;) can turn innocent syllables into guttural utterances that bear only a passing resemblance to the equivalent words in standard German (called &#8220;Hochdeutsch&#8221;).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So while your language teacher says &#8220;Gehen wir&#8221; (let&#8217;s go), your Viennese companion says &#8220;Gemma&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you learnt German in school or evening classes, you may struggle initially with the local accent. But you do get used to it. Eventually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then all you have to do is understand what the words actually mean, because whoever wrote your German dictionary seemingly never went to Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Fortunately for visitors practicing their language skills, most locals switch to the more formal version of German with people from out of town. And they speak <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/visitorinfo\/languages-do-they-speak-english-in-vienna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"332\">a lot of English here<\/a>, should you need it.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wienerisch is actually an important window into the culture and history of the city, reflecting the wit, wisdom, and linguistic ingenuity of the Viennese people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So just as Nordic languages allegedly have numerous words for snow, so it is with Wienerisch and some day-to-day Viennese items: like the humble mainstay of Viennese cuisine, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/sausages\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1200\">the Wurst<\/a> (sausage).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You could order a K\u00e4sekrainer sausage with a crust of dark bread and mustard in dictionary German. Or you could order an <strong>Eitrige <\/strong>(a pus-filled object), with a <strong>Bugl <\/strong>(hump) and a <strong>G\u2019schissenen<\/strong> (that which is excreted).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bon App\u00e9tit!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/slicedkaesekrainer.jpg\" alt=\"Sliced K\u00e4sekrainer\" class=\"wp-image-42745\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/slicedkaesekrainer.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/slicedkaesekrainer-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Sliced K\u00e4sekrainer. You can see where the Eitrige name comes from. No idea what the peas are doing there. No self-respecting sausage stand serves peas with your sausage, so it must be something I cooked at home)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you get over the unexpectedly imaginative vocabulary, you can see what the Viennese mean.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/food\/kasekrainer\/\">K\u00e4sekrainer<\/a> is a popular sausage with bits of cheese inside. When grilled and sliced, the cut surface really does look like something needing antibiotics. And if you\u2019ve ever squeezed mustard out of a tube\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your sausage might also arrive with <strong>Bluat<\/strong> (blood), an <strong>Oaschpfeiferl<\/strong> (a rectal whistle) or a <strong>Krokod\u00fc<\/strong> (crocodile), better known as ketchup, a chilli pepper, and a sliced pickled gherkin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you feel like it, ask for a few extra <strong>Glasaugen<\/strong> (glass eyes): small pickled onions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you&#8217;re done, wash it all down with a <strong>sechzehner Blech<\/strong> (sixteenth tin): a can of beer. Vienna&#8217;s local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/ottakringer-brewery\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"61602\">Ottakringer brewery<\/a> has its home in the city&#8217;s 16th district.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, and if you want your sausage quickly then ask for it <strong>tschennifa<\/strong>, a bit of US English integrated into Viennese (tschennifa = Jennifer, from the singer Jennifer Rush).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the interest of truth and integrity, it\u2019s important to point out that locals and linguists argue about the authenticity of many of these expressions; some may simply have been invented to amuse visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the national broadcaster (ORF) <a href=\"https:\/\/wien.orf.at\/stories\/3232984\/\">interviewed<\/a> the owner of Vienna&#8217;s most popular W\u00fcrstelstand (sausage booth), as chosen by readers of the publication Falstaff in late 2023. He noted that only tourists ever order an Eitrige with a Bugl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, as they say in Austria, <em>Das ist ein Streit um des Kaisers Bart<\/em> (that\u2019s just arguing about the Emperor\u2019s beard).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They speak German in Vienna, though this may come as a surprise should you overhear a conversation between two locals. As well as the different pronunciation, &#8220;Viennese&#8221; has its own vocabulary, too. Including when it comes to sausages. Wienerisch and Wurst (An Eitrige, otherwise known as a K\u00e4sekrainer sausage) The pronunciation of the Viennese German [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56456,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-food","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7391","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7391"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7391\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79288,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7391\/revisions\/79288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7391"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7391"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7391"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}