wiener

See also: Wiener

English

Etymology

From German Wienerwurst, from Wiener (“of Vienna, Viennese”) +‎ Wurst (“sausage”), because sausages were originally made in Vienna, Austria.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

(Canada, US) A sausage made from beef, chicken or pork.
(Canada, US, UK) A frankfurter, a hot dog.
(Canada, US, colloquial) A penis.
(US, colloquial) A person who is nervous or afraid to partake in certain activities.
(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 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)
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)
Portuguese: salsicha (pt)
Russian: соси́ска (ru) f (sosíska), сарделька (ru) (sardelʹka)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: виршла f
Roman: hrenovke (sh) pl, viršla (sh) f
Spanish: salchicha de Viena (es) f, salchicha vienesa f

childish word for the penis

Albanian: bibilush m, bile (sq) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 小鸡鸡 (zh)
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
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)

Viennese (inhabitant of Vienna)

Usage notes

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

Inflection

Declension of wiener

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

Derived terms

wienerbrød
wienerklassik
wienerlæg
wienerpølse
wienerschnitzel
wienersnitsel
wienerstige
wienerstol
wienervals

Related terms

Wien
wienersk
wiensk

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