Wiener Schnitzel

English

Noun

Wiener Schnitzel (countable and uncountable, plural Wiener Schnitzels)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Wiener schnitzel.
    • 2004 October 4, Corinne Iozzio, “October Bar Buzz”, in New York[2], New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 7 March 2007:
      Just don't count on scarfing traditional Wiener Schnitzel at any of the crude wooden benches—table waits for small parties can exceed an hour.

German

Etymology

Wiener (Viennese) +‎ Schnitzel (schnitzel). First mentioned in a cookbook called Allerneuestem allgemeinen Kochbuch ("latest general cookbook") from 1831 by Maria Anna Neudecker as Wiener Schnitzel von Kalbfleisch ("Viennese cutlet [made] of veal").[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

Wiener Schnitzel m or (Austria, southern Germany) n (strong, genitive Wiener Schnitzels, plural Wiener Schnitzel)

  1. Wiener schnitzel, veal schnitzel

Usage notes

  • Officially, a Wiener Schnitzel is made with veal, while a schnitzel of this style made from a different meat is a Schnitzel Wiener Art or is qualified as e.g. a Wiener Schnitzel vom Schwein.

Declension

References

  1. ^ Neudecker, M.A. (1831) Allerneuestes allgemeines Kochbuch[1] (in German), Prague, retrieved 14 August 2023, page 48