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The pandemic has contributed to our weight gain in many cases. Learn everything about that meaty cushion we carry around with us everyday!

Here’s everything you need to know about fighting hangovers the Austrian way, just drink more. It’s like extinguishing fire with fire!

What’s a “Rauschkind”? Learn about the term’s connection to alcohol with its side effects, and a medically dubious Austrian old wives’ tale,

What does “tschechern” mean? Learn about how the word derived from Yiddish, how it is connected to the thieves’ cant and alcoholism.

Surrounded by annoying people and their Spompanadln? If one is making your life needlessly complicated, just tell them with Viennese “charme”.

What does Radler mean? Where does the word come from? What connects lemonade and a lack of beer to a German innkeeper and Austrian cycling?

Twisting, turning, rolling: “wuzeln” has to do a lot with kinetics. Find out what it means and for which activities you can use the term.

A typical Viennese euphemism related to death is “Holzpyjama”. Learn about this humorous word used to describe “cashing in one’s chips.”

Here you can learn about the Viennese slang word for the infamous, culinary tool, used in the violent process of preparing Wiener Schnitzels.

Noun. A loss, originally in the central European card game, Schnapsen.

What does fremdschämen mean? We explain the perfect word to include in spiteful expressions thowards people with a lack of self-awareness.

What does genieren mean? Find out about how this term is tied to French language and how you can properly use it in context.

What does Schmähtandler mean? This common Viennese dialect term is great for describing liars and tricksters.

What does pflanzen mean? Which use of the term does it find in Viennese slang? What does pflanzen have to do with describing being annoyed?

What does the word Chutzpe mean? How does the term apply to extrovert characteristics and behaviour, both positively and negatively?

What does Doppler mean? What does Doppler have to do with Tafelwein or Landwein? Why has it been gradually phased out over the past decade?

What does Blechtrottel mean? How is this combination of words linked to computers not working in a desired fashion and their clueless users?

What does Holler mean? How is this Viennese abbreviation for Hollunder linked to horse feathers, claptrap, poppycock, hogwash and tomfoolery?

What does Gscherter mean? Find out about how this Viennese slang word is connected to sheared serfs, peasants, slaves and prisoners?

What does Österreichische Lösung mean? Learn how the term fortwursteln and handing political problems over to one’s successors are connected.

What does Masel mean? How is it used? Learn about how the Austrian dialect word for “luck” is tied to failing, birds and Yiddish language.

What does Haberer mean? How is it used in Austria? Learn about the importance of friends, networks and connections in Austrian society.

What does Knödel mean? How is it used in Austria? It’s another word for dumplings which Austrians love, and it is a slang word for money.

What does wurscht mean? How is it used in Austria? If you want to communicate your indifference to people in Viennese,”wurscht” is your word.

What does anbraten mean? How is it used in Austria? Are you new to Vienna and interrested in the dating scene? Here’s some local lingo.

Junk, crap; broken, useless, things. Orig. from Gelumpe (rags). Note that Glumpert generally does not refer to actual garbage – after all, trash is simply the detritus of something useful that has served its purpose.

Verb. To march arduously, to slog, plod or trudge; can also mean to limp and, by extension, to strut (comparable to “pimp walk”).

A practice commonly associated with Austrian government employees denoting that a civil servant is legally unfireable.

The proportional division of public offices along party lines.

Lit. “nerve tickle”; an informal German expression denoting the thrill and rush of adrenaline-inducing activities.

Adjective. Fat, overweight, obese. Orig. from gebläht (bloated).

Awesome, cool, excellent. Sometimes emphasized as urleiwand or voi leiwand (totally awesome).

Lit. “e-card vacation;” colloquial Viennese slang for going on (paid) sick leave.

Verb. To work, especially hard, physical labor.

Verb. 1. To do a slipshod, haphazard, unprofessional or poor-quality job.

Verb. To get worked up; to make a mountain out of a molehill.

Noun. Lit. Transdanubia, a popular nickname for the two Viennese districts beyond the Danube.