wiener
See also: Wiener
English
editAlternative forms
edit- weiner (less common)
Etymology
editClipping 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German Wienerwurst (“Vienna sausage”), from Wiener (“of Vienna, Viennese”) + Wurst (“sausage”), because sausages were originally made in Vienna, Austria.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”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editwiener (plural wieners)
- (Canada, US) A type of sausage made from beef, chicken or pork.
- Synonym: wienie
- (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.
- (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- (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
editTranslations
editVienna sausage — see Vienna sausage
childish word for the penis
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editDanish
editNoun
editwiener c (singular definite wieneren, plural indefinite wienere)
- Viennese (inhabitant of Vienna)
Usage notes
editIn compounds: wiener- "Viennese" (connected with Vienna)
Inflection
editDeclension of wiener
Derived terms
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