frankfurter
pronunciation
How to pronounce frankfurter in British English:
UK [ˈfræŋkfɜ:tə(r)]
How to pronounce frankfurter in American English:
US [ˈfræŋkfɜrtə(r)]
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- Noun:
- a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
Word Origin
- frankfurter (n.)
- "hot dog," 1894, American English, from German Frankfurter (wurst) "(sausage) of Frankfurt," so called because the U.S. product resembled a type of smoked-beef-and-pork sausage originally made in Germany, where it was associated with the city of Frankfurt am Main (literally "ford of the Franks" on the River Main). Attested from 1877 as Frankfort sausage.
Example
- 1. Even those loathed symbols of american cultural expansion , the hamburger and the frankfurter , testify to earlier german influence .
- 2. Perhaps mr schumer should demand the interdiction of frankfurter sausages .
- 3. Like someone took a ketchup squirter , squirted a frankfurter .
- 4. Influences of bacterial cellulose ( nata ) on the quality of frankfurter .
- 5. In its home country of germany the hot dog was called the frankfurter .