# wiener

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwiːnə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #23,435

## Definitions
1. A type of sausage made from beef, chicken or pork.
2. A hot dog or frankfurter.
3. The penis.
4. A person who is nervous or afraid to partake in certain activities.
5. An irritating or disliked person.

## Etymology
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Wienerwurst (“Vienna sausage”), from Wiener (“of Vienna, Viennese”) + Wurst (“sausage”), because these sausages were originally made in Vienna, Austria.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”).

## Easily confused with
- **wine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiener-vs-wine)
- **wines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiener-vs-wines)
- **wiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiener-vs-wiser)
- **wiper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiener-vs-wiper)
- **winter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiener-vs-winter)
- **winner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiener-vs-winner)
- **winger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiener-vs-winger)
- **wilder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiener-vs-wilder)
- **winery** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiener-vs-winery)
- **wither** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiener-vs-wither)
- **winder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiener-vs-winder)
- **Wilmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiener-vs-wilmer)
- **Wien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wiener)
- **wider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wiener)
- **weber** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weber-vs-wiener)
- **Warner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warner-vs-wiener)
- **Wagner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wagner-vs-wiener)
- **weiner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weiner-vs-wiener)
- **wicker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wicker-vs-wiener)
- **Weezer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weezer-vs-wiener)

## Common misspellings (7)
`iwener`, `wieenr`, `wienerr`, `wienner`, `wienre`, `wineer`, `wwiener`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wiener