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wiener.

A type of sausage made from beef, chicken or pork.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈwiːnəː/Received-Pronunciation[ˈwɪi̯nəː]Received-Pronunciation/ˈwiːnɚ/General-American[ˈwɪi̯nɚ] ~ [ˈwɪi̯nɹ̩]General-American
  1. A type of sausage made from beef, chicken or pork.

    Canada · US
  2. A hot dog or frankfurter.

    Canada · UK · US
  3. The penis.

    Canada · US · colloquial
  4. A person who is nervous or afraid to partake in certain activities.

    US · colloquial
  5. An irritating or disliked person.

    UK · US · colloquial
Where this word comes from

Clipping of wienerwurst, from German Wienerwurst (“Vienna sausage”), from Wiener (“of Vienna, Viennese”) + Wurst (“sausage”), because these sausages were originally made in Vienna, Austria. In Germany today this sausage is known as Wiener Würstchen (“small sausage from Vienna”), but in Vienna and the Netherlands it is called a Frankfurter or Frankfurter Würstchen (“small sausage from Frankfurt”).

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