wiener

See also: Wiener

English

Alternative forms

• weiner (less common)

Etymology

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wienerwurst, from German Wienerwurst, from Wiener (“of Vienna, Viennese”) +‎ Wurst (“sausage”), because sausages were originally made in Vienna, Austria.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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːnə(ɹ)/

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• Rhymes: -iːnə(ɹ)

Noun

wiener (plural wieners)

1. (Canada, US) A sausage made from beef, chicken or pork.
2. (Canada, US, UK) A frankfurter, a hot dog.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• (sausage): Vienna sausage wienie
• (hot dog): frankfurter, frank
• (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

Derived terms

• cheese wiener
• cocktail wiener
• wiener breath
• wiener dog
• wiener roast

 

Translations

sausage

• Armenian: նրբերշիկ (hy) (nrberšik)
• Bulgarian: кренвирш m (krenvirš)
• Catalan: salsitxa de Frankfurt f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 香腸／香肠 (hoeng¹ coeng^4-2)

  Mandarin: 香腸／香肠 (zh) (xiāngcháng)

• Cyrillic: виршла f
• Czech: párek (cs) m
• Estonian: viiner
• Finnish: nakki (fi)
• French: saucisse (fr) f, saucisse de Francfort (fr) f
• Hungarian: virsli (hu)
• Italian: würstel (it) m
• Japanese: ウインナー (Winnā)
• Marathi: वीनर (vīnar), फ्रँकफुर्टर (phrĕṅkphurṭar)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: wienerpølse

• Portuguese: salsicha (pt)
• Roman: hrenovke (sh) pl, viršla (sh) f
• Russian: соси́ска (ru) f (sosíska), сарделька (ru) (sardelʹka)
• Serbo-Croatian:
• Spanish: salchicha de Viena (es) f, salchicha vienesa f
• Swedish: knackkorv c

childish word for the penis

• Albanian: bibilush m, bile (sq) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小鸡鸡 (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: lulček m
• Spanish: pajarito (es) m
• Swedish: snopp (sv) c, pillesnopp (sv)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Armenian: նրբերշիկ (hy) (nrberšik), սասիսկի (sasiski)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 法蘭克福香腸／法兰克福香肠 (Fǎlánkèfú xiāngcháng)

• French: saucisse de Francfort (fr)
• German: Würstchen (de) n
• Greek: λουκάνικο φραγκφούρτης n (loukániko fragkfoúrtis)
• Italian: salsicciotto di Francoforte m (nonstandard), salsiccia di Francoforte f (nonstandard), würstel (it) m, hot dog (it) m (when in a bun)
• Persian: فرانکفورتر (frânkfurter)
• Polish: frankfurterka (pl) f
• Serbo-Croatian: виршла f, viršla (sh) f
• Spanish: salchicha de Frankfurt
• Swedish: frankfurterkorv

Anagrams

• Weiner

Danish

Noun

wiener c (singular definite wieneren, plural indefinite wienere)

1. Viennese (inhabitant of Vienna)

Usage notes

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

Inflection

Declension of wiener

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• wienerbrød
• wienerklassik
• wienerlæg
• wienerpølse
• wienerschnitzel
• wienersnitsel
• wienerstige
• wienerstol
• wienervals

Related terms

Related terms

• Wien
• wienersk
• wiensk