wiener

noun

variants or less commonly weiner
plural wieners also weiners
1
: frankfurter, hot dog
… on Monday night, locals will gather around fires to roast wieners, apples and marshmallows.Stephen Terichow Parrott
see also wiener roast
2
slang : penis
3
informal : an awkward, weak, or ineffectual person
Now the little wiener makes himself out to be the hero …Garrison Keillor

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Moderation, as in many an eating or drinking endeavor, is always recommended, including rationing those Vienna all-beef wieners. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025 Americans didn’t invent the hot dog, but the nation’s German immigrants refined the wiener from Vienna and frankfurter from Frankfurt to a preferred game-day cuisine. Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 14 Apr. 2025 After all, how many evil corporations have started because a guy got embarrassed about his wiener in the woods? Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2025 Lady Gaga, as a sympathetic classmate, sings a very good song as Pip trains by using a hot dog wiener as a heavy bag and bench presses blocks of cheese. Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wiener

Word History

Etymology

short for wienerwurst

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of wiener was in 1880

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“Wiener.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiener. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

wiener

noun
Etymology

from German Wienerwurst "Vienna sausage," from Vienna, capital of Austria

Biographical Definition

Wiener

biographical name

Wie·​ner ˈwē-nər How to pronounce Wiener (audio)
Norbert 1894–1964 American mathematician

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