wiener

• weiner (less common)

Clipping of wienerwurst, from German Wienerwurst (“Vienna sausage”), from Wiener (“of Vienna, Viennese”) +‎ Wurst (“sausage”), because sausages were originally made in Vienna, Austria.

In Germany today this sausage is known as Wiener Würstchen (“small sausage from Vienna”), but in Vienna and the Netherlands it is called a Frankfurter or Frankfurter Würstchen (“small sausage from Frankfurt”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːnə(ɹ)/

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wiener (plural wieners)

1. (Canada, US) A type of sausage made from beef, chicken or pork.

   Synonym: wienie

2. (Canada, US, UK) A hot dog or frankfurter.
   • 1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 104:

     Two figures crossing the windy park. Miss Martin taking Smith's arm over the street. And inside where wieners were 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.

3. (Canada, US, colloquial) The penis.
4. (US, colloquial) A person who is nervous or afraid to partake in certain activities.
5. (US, UK, colloquial) An irritating or disliked person.

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

• Weiner

wiener c (singular definite wieneren, plural indefinite wienere)

1. Viennese (inhabitant of Vienna)

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