wiener

[wee-ner]

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noun

frankfurter.

Vienna sausage.

Also wie·ner·wurst

[wee-ner-wurst, -woo rst] /ˈwi nərˌwɜrst, -ˌwʊərst/.

Origin of wiener

1865–70, Americanism; < German, short for Wiener Wurst Viennese sausage

Wiener

[wee-ner]

noun

Norbert,1894–1964, U.S. mathematician: pioneer in cybernetics.

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Related Words for wiener

link, frank, sausage, dog, footlong

Examples from the Web for wiener

Contemporary Examples of wiener

The Wiener Montags Journal complained, "Vienna has no nightlife, the Viennese are asleep by ten."
Before the Fall: What Did the World Look Like in 1913?
Jacob Heilbrunn
June 9, 2013
And Wiener announced on Thursday her intent to take a “little twit-cation.”
Sex and the Twitter Girl
Jesse Ellison
October 13, 2012

Historical Examples of wiener

When the plot was discovered the conspirators were executed in 1671 at Wiener Neustadt.
The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1
Henry Baerlein
Klemencic, Wiener Sitzungsberichte (Denkschrift), 1888, vol.
On Laboratory Arts
Richard Threlfall
The most popular of these institutions is the Wiener Bankverein.
Current History, A Monthly Magazine
New York Times
Hirsch did not fail to make use of his opportunity in the Wiener Zeitung.
The Life of Johannes Brahms (Vol 2 of 2)
Florence May
The interpretation given by Wiener seems the most reasonable.
A Manual for Teaching Biblical History
Eugene Kohn

British Dictionary definitions for wiener

wiener

wienerwurst (ˈwiːnəˌwɜːst)

noun

US and Canadian a kind of smoked beef or pork sausage, similar to a frankfurterAlso called: wienie, weenie (ˈwiːnɪ)

Word Origin for wiener

C20: shortened from German Wiener Wurst Viennese sausage

Wiener

noun

Norbert (ˈnɔːbət). 1894–1964, US mathematician, who developed the concept of cybernetics

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Word Origin and History for wiener

1904, shortening of wienerwurst (1889), from German Wiener "of Vienna" (from Wien "Vienna," from Latin Vindo-bona, from Gaulish vindo-, from Celt. vindo- "white;" cf. Old Irish find, Welsh gwyn "white;" see Gwendolyn) + Wurst "sausage." Clipped form wienie is attested from 1911. Extensive pejorative senses developed from its penis-like shape.