Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Canada, UK, US)A moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry.

More definitions
  • a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

Examples

13 sentences
  1. "Dachshund sausage" was a good name for the frankfurter.

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  2. I find that frankfurters have much more taste than wieners.

    deIch finde, Frankfurter haben viel mehr Geschmack als Wiener.

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  3. In its home country of Germany, the hot dog was called the frankfurter.

    deIn seinem Ursprungsland Deutschland wurde der Hot Dog „Frankfurter“ genannt.

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  4. Americans called frankfurters "dachshund sausages."

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  5. He prefers frankfurters to sausages from Strasbourg.

    ruОн предпочитает сосиски колбасам из Страсбурга.

    deEr hat Frankfurter lieber als Straßburger Würste.

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Origin

From German Frankfurter, the demonym of Frankfurt. Specifically, a reference to Frankfurt-

From German Frankfurter, the demonym of Frankfurt. Specifically, a reference to Frankfurt-am-Main.

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Forms

plural: frankfurters
Singularfrankfurter
Pluralfrankfurters

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

4 related words

See also

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