wiener

See also: Wiener

English edit

Alternative forms edit

weiner (less common)

Etymology edit

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wienerwurst, from German Wienerwurst, from Wiener (“of Vienna, Viennese”) +‎ Wurst (“sausage”), because sausages were originally made in Vienna, Austria.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

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

Noun edit

wiener (plural wieners)

(Canada, US) A sausage made from beef, chicken or pork.
(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.
(Canada, US, colloquial) The penis.
(US, colloquial) A person who is nervous or afraid to partake in certain activities.
(US, UK, colloquial) An irritating or disliked person.

Synonyms edit

(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 edit

Translations edit

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 edit

Weiner

Danish edit

Noun edit

wiener c (singular definite wieneren, plural indefinite wienere)

Viennese (inhabitant of Vienna)

Usage notes edit

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

Inflection edit

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 edit

Derived terms

Related terms edit

Related terms