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Tell us how many of these Viennese words you use regularly and we’ll tell you if you’re really Viennese


A Viennese Glossary:

Oida = literally: old one; used like ‘dude’ is used in English
ur = very
Leiwand = awesome
Heast = literally: listen up!
Oasch = ass
Hackeln = to work
Zach = tough, exhausting
Gschissener = shitty person
Beidl = male reproductive organ
Hawara = mate
Tschick = cigarette
Fladern = to steal
Gspusi = casual romantic affair
Duttln = breasts
Wappler = idiot
Budern = to have sex
Gusch = shut up
Bumzua = very drunk
Goschen = mouth; can also be used as ‘shut up’
Wamperter = corpulent person
Brunzen = to urinate
Hüsn = can of beer

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