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  wiener

  noun

  frankfurter.
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  Wiener

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

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wiener

¹ American  

[wee-ner] / ˈwi nər /

Also wienerwurst

noun

1. frankfurter.

2. Vienna sausage.

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Wiener ² American  

[wee-ner] / ˈwi nər /

noun

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

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Wiener ¹ British  

/ ˈwiːnə /

noun

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

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wiener ² British  

/ ˈwiːnə /

noun

1. Also called: wienie.   weenie.  a kind of smoked beef or pork sausage, similar to a frankfurter

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Usage

What does wiener mean? A wiener is a type of sausage. Wiener is also used as slang for “penis” and as a mild insult for someone seen as weak and awkward.

Etymology

Origin of wiener

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

Explanation

You might call your favorite backyard cookout food a hot dog, but it's also known as a frankfurter or a wiener. You're probably not thinking of Strauss waltzes and cream-topped tortes as you spread the mustard and relish on your hot dog, but in German, wiener simply means Viennese. Thank the lowly wienerwurst — "Vienna sausage" — parent of the sausage that we designate by this word today. The spelling weiner is also widely found in English, somewhat obscuring the word's origins.

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You have to try wiener schnitzel or tafelspitz at least once; those dishes are part of the city’s identity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 16, 2026

In the film version of “Robot Dreams,” the background characters, all anthropomorphized animals, have distinct looks: a lion with a boombox, a wiener dog selling franks and some mischievous rabbits.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 6, 2024

The giant wiener was created by Jen Catron and Paul Outlaw, married Brooklyn artists whose métier is often interactive, food-based spectaculars that also question the lore — and lure — of Americana.

From New York Times ● May 7, 2024

Instead, they viewed him with contempt for being such a wiener.

From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2023

She finished the piece and looked up after a long, long time — I would be toasted like a barbecue wiener when I got back to math — and blushed.

From "Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie" by Jordan Sonnenblick

“We know for science to succeed we need predictability and stability, not month-by-month funding fights,” Wiener said Friday in announcing the deal to resurrect SB 895.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

She even called legendary labor leader Dolores Huerta to try to get her to retract her endorsement of Wiener.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

But what may have most motivated her to condemn Wiener was that it was an opportunity to condemn Wiener.

From Slate ● Aug. 15, 2026

One of those state laws, written by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks and co-wrote by Wiener, mandates expedited approval for mixed-income projects along commercial corridors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026

Wiener has proposed, on intuitive grounds, that defects and misinterpretations in such a communication system may be an unexplored territory for psychiatry.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas