Wien
See also: wien
Bavarian
Etymology
Uncertain. Major theories include:
- From Middle High German Wienne, from Old High German Wēnnia.
- From Latin Vindobona, of Celtic origin.
Cognates include German Wien and Luxembourgish Wien.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈviːn/, (dated) /ˈvɛa̯n/
- Hyphenation: Wien
Proper noun
Wien
- Vienna (the capital city of Austria)
- 1938, Josef Weinheber, Wien wörtlich, Sieg der Provinz:
- I waaß net, es gibt so vü' Dichter in Wien,
und ålle geehrt und berühmt.- I didn't know there were so many poets in Vienna,
and all honorable and famous.
- I didn't know there were so many poets in Vienna,
- 2015, “Wien wort auf di [Vienna waits for you]”, performed by Granada:
- Wann wirsds kapieren? Wien wort auf di!
- When will you realise? Vienna waits for you!
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- Wien (a river in Vienna, Austria)
References
- Maria Hornung; Sigmar Grüner (2002), “Węan”, in Wörterbuch der Wiener Mundart, 2nd edition, ÖBV & HPT
Danish
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiːn/, [ˈwiːn]
Declension
Inflection of Wien (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | Wien | — | ||
genitive | Wienin | — | ||
partitive | Wieniä | — | ||
illative | Wieniin | — | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | Wien | — | ||
accusative | nom. | Wien | — | |
gen. | Wienin | |||
genitive | Wienin | — | ||
partitive | Wieniä | — | ||
inessive | Wienissä | — | ||
elative | Wienistä | — | ||
illative | Wieniin | — | ||
adessive | Wienillä | — | ||
ablative | Wieniltä | — | ||
allative | Wienille | — | ||
essive | Wieninä | — | ||
translative | Wieniksi | — | ||
instructive | — | — | ||
abessive | Wienittä | — | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viːn/
- (Austria)
(file) Audio (file)
Proper noun
Wien n (proper noun, genitive Wiens or (optionally with an article) Wien)
- Vienna (the capital city of Austria)
- Wien ist die Hauptstadt von Österreich. ― Vienna is the capital of Austria.
- Vienna (a state of Austria)
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Wien” in Duden online
- “Wien” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Wien on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Plautdietsch
Etymology
From Middle Low German wîn, from Old Saxon wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn, from Proto-Germanic *wīną. Compare Saterland Frisian Wien, German Wain.
Saterland Frisian

n Petälje Wien.
Etymology
From Old Frisian wīn, from Proto-West Germanic *wīn. Cognates include German Wein and West Frisian wyn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vin/
- Hyphenation: Wien
- Rhymes: -in
Derived terms
References
- Marron C. Fort (2015), “Wien”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viːn/
- Rhymes: -iːn
- Homophone: vin
Related terms
Related terms
- wienare
- wienerbröd
- wienerkorv
- wienerkrans
- wienerschnitzel
- wienervals
- wienklassicism
- wienklassicist
- wienklassicistisk
- wienklassiker
- wiensk
- wienska
References
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