Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Relating to or characteristic of Vienna, Austria.
- n. A native or inhabitant of Vienna.
- n. The variety of German spoken in Vienna.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Of or pertaining to Vienna, the capital of the Austrian empire, situated on the Danube, or pertaining to its inhabitants.
- An inhabitant or inhabitants of Vienna.
Wiktionary
- n. An inhabitant or a resident of Vienna, and its suburbs.
- adj. connected with Vienna as in Viennese cuisine, Viennese culture, Viennese music etc
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Of or pertaining to Vienna, or the people of Vienna.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. of or relating to or characteristic of Vienna or its inhabitants
Etymologies
- From Vienna + -ese (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In Vienna, the far-right leader, Heinz-Christian Strache, more than doubled his vote to 27% following a xenophobic campaign that featured free computer games which involved firing at mosques, and calls for the city's "blood to remain Viennese".”
The Guardian: Economic gloom fuels far-right growth in Europe
“Among the ongoing reconstructions was that of the meaning of sexual difference in Viennese society.”
“Lanna realized he was referring to the Viennese Waltz being played on the piano.”
“I was familiar with the expression the Viennese used for anyone that came from the East of their border.”
“She said, As an interesting contrast, in both the US and Canada, the term Viennese Buffet is sometimes used for a selection of desserts.”
“The Viennese are the most attractive people I have ever known in Europe.”
“The Viennese are a light-hearted race, and a lax, but when they laugh they cease to take seriously the subject of that good-natured amusement ....”
“The Viennese were his fond admirers, and knowing how the world elsewhere had honored him they were determined not to be outdone.”
“It certainly is the most collective one: In the classic, which is to say Viennese, form, the coffeehouse”
“The building, designed in the Spanish-Moorish style, but with signs of the group of Austrian artists known as the Viennese Secession, was designed by the famous Austrian architect, Friedrich Gruenanger, and opened on September 9, 1909.”
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People coming from the Central-East European region.
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