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

1. 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.

   • 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!

2. 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

1. Vienna (the capital city of Austria)

Finnish

Etymology

From German Wien.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːn/, [ˈwiːn]

Proper noun

Wien

1. 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)

1. Vienna (the capital city of Austria)

   Wien ist die Hauptstadt von Österreich. ― Vienna is the capital of Austria.

2. Vienna (a state of Austria)

Proper noun

die Wien f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Wien)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)