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wie⋅ner

  [wee-ner]
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–noun
1. frankfurter.
2. Vienna sausage.
Also, wie⋅ner⋅wurst  [wee-ner-wurst, -woorst] .

Origin:
1865–70, Americanism; < G, short for Wiener Wurst Viennese sausage

Wie⋅ner

  [wee-ner]
–noun
Norbert, 1894–1964, U.S. mathematician: pioneer in cybernetics.
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wie·ner   (wē'nər)   
n.  

  1. Wienerwurst.

  2. A frankfurter.

  3. Vulgar Slang A penis.


[German, short for Wienerwurst; see wienerwurst.]
Wie·ner   (wē'nər)   
American mathematician who founded the field of cybernetics.
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Word Origin & History

wiener 
1904, shortening of wienerwurst (1889), from Ger. Wiener "of Vienna" (from Wien "Vienna," from L. Vindo-bona, from Gaulish vindo-, from Celt. vindo- "white;" cf. O.Ir. find, Welsh gwyn "white;" see Gwendolyn) + Wurst "sausage." Clipped form wienie is attested from 1911. Extensive pejorative senses developed from its penis-like shape.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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wiener

highly seasoned sausage, traditionally of mixed pork and beef. Frankfurters are named for Frankfurt am Main, Ger., the city of their origin, where they were sold and eaten at beer gardens.

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