Wiener Schnitzel

See also: Wiener schnitzel

English

Noun

Wiener Schnitzel (plural Wiener Schnitzels)

1. Alternative form of Wiener schnitzel

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").

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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

Declension of Wiener Schnitzel [masculine // neuter (Austria, southern Germany), strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der, das	Wiener Schnitzel	die	Wiener Schnitzel
genitive	eines	des	Wiener Schnitzels	der	Wiener Schnitzel
dative	einem	dem	Wiener Schnitzel	den	Wiener Schnitzeln
accusative	einen, ein	den, das	Wiener Schnitzel	die	Wiener Schnitzel

Related terms

• Paprikaschnitzel
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