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
Stephen Terichow Parrott2
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
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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
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“Wiener.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wiener. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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from German Wienerwurst "Vienna sausage," from Vienna, capital of Austria
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