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
Proper noun
Wien
- Vienna (the capital city of Austria)
Finnish
Etymology
From German Wien.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwiːn/, [ˈwiːn]
Proper noun
Wien
- Vienna (the capital city of Austria)
Declension
| Inflection of Wien (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Wien (type risti) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Wienini | Wienimme |
| 2nd person | Wienisi | Wieninne |
| 3rd person | Wieninsä | |
German
Etymology
From Celtic, via Latin Vindobona.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viːn/
- (Austria)
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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)
Proper noun
die Wien f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Wien)
- Wien (a river in Austria, flowing through Vienna)
Declension
Declension of Wien [sg-only, feminine]
| singular | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | |
| nominative | eine | die | Wien |
| genitive | einer | der | Wien |
| dative | einer | der | Wien |
| accusative | eine | die | Wien |
Derived terms
- Wiener
- wienerisch
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.
Noun
Wien m (plural Wien)
- wine
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
Noun
Wien m (plural Wiene)
- wine
Derived terms
- Wienfúgel
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
Proper noun
Wien n (genitive Wiens)
- Vienna (the capital city of Austria)
Related terms
Related terms
- wienare
- wienerbröd
- wienerkorv
- wienerkrans
- wienerschnitzel
- wienervals
- wienklassicism
- wienklassicist
- wienklassicistisk
- wienklassiker
- wiensk
- wienska
References
- Wien in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)