wiener

See also Wiener

English

Etymology

From German Wienerwurst, from wiener (“of Vienna, Viennese”) +‎ Wurst (“sausage”), because sausages were originally made in Vienna, Austria.

Nowadays, in Germany this sausage is known as Wiener Würstchen (“small sausage from Vienna”), but in Vienna it is called a Frankfurter (“from Frankfurt”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːnə(r)

Noun

wiener (plural wieners)

1. (US) a sausage made from beef, chicken or pork, also a hot dog
2. (UK) a frankfurter
3. (US, colloquial) penis
4. (US, colloquial) someone who is nervous or afraid to partake in certain activities
5. (US, UK, colloquial), an irritating or disliked person

Synonyms

• frankfurter, frank
• Viennese sausage (rare)
• weenie
• wienie

Derived terms

• cocktail wiener
• wiener roast

Translations

sausage

• Armenian: նրբերշիկ (hy) (nrberšik)
• Finnish: nakki (fi)
• Hungarian: virsli (hu)
• Japanese: ウインナー (ja) (Winnā)

• Marathi: वीनर (mr) (vīnara)
• Portuguese: salsicha (pt)
• Russian: сосиска (ru) (sosiska) f
• Serbo-Croatian: hrenovke (sh) pl, виршла (sh) (viršla) f

childish word for the penis

• Albanian: bibilush (sq) m, bile (sq) f
• Finnish: pippeli (fi)
• Polish: siusiak (pl) m

• Portuguese: pinto (pt), bilau (pt)
• Russian: сосиска (ru) (sosiska) f, писька (ru) (pisʹka) f, пиписька (ru) (pipisʹka) f
• Slovene: lulček (sl) m

Anagrams

• Weiner

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Danish

Noun

wiener c (singular definite wieneren, plural indefinite wienere)

1. Viennese (inhabitant of Vienna)

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

wienerbrød wienerklassik wienerlæg wienerpølse wienerschnitzel

wienersnitsel wienerstige wienerstol wienervals

Related terms

Wien wienersk

wiensk

Inflection

    Inflection of wiener

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