wiener

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/ˈwiːnər/
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An informal word for a small sausage, and in slang a childish word for a penis or a weak, foolish person.
Practice using wiener in conversation until it feels natural

Examples

  • The children wanted wieners and beans.
  • He grilled wieners for lunch.
  • The joke used wiener in a childish way.
  • Stop acting like a wiener and ask the question.
  • In the show, the bully calls the nervous kid a wiener.

Similar words

phallus
weenie
hot dog
fool
Vienna sausage
loser
penis
weakling
weenie
dork

Meanings

Small sausage or hot dog

noun
everyday
informal
A small cooked sausage, especially a frankfurter or hot dog sausage.

Examples

  • He grilled wieners for lunch.
  • The children wanted wieners and beans.
  • A wiener can be served in a bun with mustard.
  • The package contains eight beef wieners.
  • She cut the wiener into small pieces for the soup.

Similar words

hot dog
frankfurter
frank
sausage
weenie
Vienna sausage

Penis

noun
everyday
slang
A childish or humorous slang word for a penis.

Examples

  • The joke used wiener in a childish way.
  • He told the child that wiener was not the word to use at school.
  • The movie made a silly wiener joke.
  • In medical writing, use penis instead of wiener.
  • The comedian relied on old wiener jokes.

Similar words

penis
weenie
private part
member
phallus

Weak or foolish person

noun
everyday
slang
A mildly insulting slang word for a person seen as weak, timid, silly, or socially awkward.

Examples

  • Stop acting like a wiener and ask the question.
  • The word wiener sounded more silly than cruel.
  • He called himself a wiener for forgetting his lines.
  • The insult felt childish: nobody wanted to be called a wiener.
  • In the show, the bully calls the nervous kid a wiener.

Similar words

wimp
weakling
loser
fool
dork
weenie
coward

Etymology

Shortened from Wienerwurst, German for Vienna sausage, from Wiener, meaning Viennese or from Vienna. The sausage sense came into English in the 19th century. The slang senses developed later from the sausage shape and from childish teasing uses.

FAQ

What does wiener mean?

It can mean a small sausage or hot dog. In slang, it can mean penis or a weak or foolish person.

Is wiener a rude word?

The food sense is not rude. The body-part and insult senses are informal, childish, or rude depending on context.

What is the difference between wiener and hot dog?

A wiener is the sausage. A hot dog can mean the sausage, especially when served in a bun.

Is wiener the same as Weiner?

No. Wiener is the normal spelling for the sausage and slang word. Weiner is often a surname.

Where does wiener come from?

It comes from German Wienerwurst, meaning Vienna sausage.

What is the plural of wiener?

The plural is wieners.

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Jolly Warbler
Jul 14
Oscar Mayer did permanent damage to my spelling of this word
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Curious Stork
Jul 10
this word stopped being usable in a serious sentence for me around age 12
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Free Starling
Jul 8
In German we dont make the same joke every time, Wiener is just a person or thing from Vienna. Context saves it
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Chipper Terrapin
Jul 8
i can never spell this right first try. my hands type weiner and then my brain catches up
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Mellow Osprey
Jul 3
For the dog nickname, wiener dog feels very US to my ear. British people I know say sausage dog for a dachshund much more often
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Chipper Horse
Jul 1
wiener roast is a real North American phrase too. It sounds old-timey to me, but it means the campfire cookout kind where everyone roasts hot dogs on sticks
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Goofy Eagle
Jul 1
canada still has this on church posters sometimes, often misspelled weiner roast
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Steady Loon
Jun 27
Rhode Island is a weird special case. A hot wiener or New York System wiener is its own local thing with meat sauce, mustard, onion and celery salt. Asking for ketchup is apparently how you announce you are not from there
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Eager Moth
Jun 30
all the way is the order, three all the way if youre actually hungry
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Free Shrew
Jun 19
If you see Wiener Schnitzel on a menu, Wiener there is German for Viennese. The schnitzel is the cutlet, traditionally veal in Austria, so dont picture a sausage schnitzel lol
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Warm Hamster
Jun 24
yeah my German teacher had to explain this because half the class started laughing at the menu word
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