wiener

See also:Wiener

English

Alternative forms

weiner(less common)

Etymology

Clippingofwienerwurst,fromGermanWienerwurst(“Vienna sausage”),fromWiener(“of Vienna, Viennese”)+‎Wurst(“sausage”),because sausages were originally made inVienna, Austria.

In Germany today this sausage is known asWiener Würstchen(“small sausage from Vienna”),but in Vienna and the Netherlands it is called aFrankfurterorFrankfurter Würstchen(“small sausage from Frankfurt”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key):/ˈwiːnə(ɹ)/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes:-iːnə(ɹ)

Noun

wiener(pluralwieners)

(Canada,US)Atype of sausagemade frombeef,chickenorpork.
Synonym:wienie
(Canada,US,UK)Ahot dogorfrankfurter.
- 1963,J P Donleavy,A Singular Man,published1963 (USA),page104:
  Two figures crossing the windy park. Miss Martin taking Smith's arm over the street. And inside wherewienerswere being turned on a hot skillet behind the steamed glass. Always wanted to have the constitution to eat these fearlessly, perhaps with a glass of orange.
(Canada,US,colloquial)Thepenis.
(US,colloquial)A person who is nervous or afraid to partake in certain activities.
(US,UK,colloquial)An irritating or disliked person.

Synonyms

(penis):weenie,winky;see alsoThesaurus:penis
(nervous person):nervous wreck,worrywart;see alsoThesaurus:worrier
(annoying person):nuisance,pain in the neck;see alsoThesaurus:nuisance

Derived terms

Translations

Vienna sausage—seeVienna sausage

childish word for the penis

Albanian:bibilushm,bile(sq)f
Chinese:
Mandarin:Tiểu kê kê(zh)(xiǎojījī)
Czech:pindík(cs)m
Danish:tissemand(da)c
Finnish:pippeli(fi)
Polish:siusiak(pl)m
Portuguese:pinto(pt),bilau(pt)
Russian:пи́ська(ru)f(písʹka),пипи́ська(ru)f(pipísʹka)
Slovene:lulčekm
Spanish:pajarito(es)m
Swedish:snopp(sv)c,pillesnopp(sv)

Anagrams

Weiner

Danish

Noun

wienerc(singular definitewieneren,plural indefinitewienere)

Viennese(inhabitant of Vienna)

Usage notes

In compounds: wiener- "Viennese"(connected with Vienna)

Inflection

Declension ofwiener

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	wiener	wieneren	wienere	wienerne
genitive	wieners	wienerens	wieneres	wienernes

Derived terms

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