Word Net

Wiener

1 United States mathematician and founder of cybernetics (1894-1964) [syn: Norbert Wiener]

2 a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll [syn: frank, frankfurter, hotdog, hot dog, dog, wienerwurst, weenie]

Moby Thesaurus

Vienna sausage, bangers, black pudding, blood pudding, bologna, braunschweiger, dog, frank, frankfurter, gooseliver, headcheese, hot dog, knockwurst, liver sausage, liverwurst, salami, saucisse, sausage, weenie, wienerwurst, wienie

see Wiener

English

Etymology

from wienerwurst (1904; nowadays the German form is “Wiener Würstchen”), (Wien + -er; wiener “of Vienna” + wurst “sausage”), because the sausages were originally made in Vienna, Austria. However, in Vienna this type of sausage is called a “frankfurter”.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːnə(r)

Noun

1. , a sausage made from beef, chicken or pork, also a hot dog
2. , a frankfurter
3. , (colloquial) penis
4. , someone who is nervous or afraid to partake in certain activities

Synonyms

• frankfurter
• Viennese sausage (rare)
• weenie
• wienie

Translations

Wiener is German for Viennese, but may also refer to:

• A hot dog, from German "Wiener Würstchen", meaning "Viennese sausage"
• A slang term for penis

Wiener is the surname of:

• Alexander S. Wiener (1907-76), leader in the fields of forensic medicine, serology, and immunogenetics
• Alfred Wiener, German Jewish campaigner against Nazism and anti-semitism
  • Wiener Library, London institute for the study of the Holocaust
• Great Wiener, The, character in the tale of the Ultimate Wiener, by author Eric Sweet
• Hugo Wiener (1904-93), Austrian Jewish composer, singer, pianist, entertainer, and author
• Jacques Wiener (1815-99), Belgian Jewish-Flemish engraver
• Jean Wiener (born 1896), French pianist, composer
• Martin Wiener, U.S. political historian
• Michael J. Wiener Canadian cryptologist
• Norbert Wiener, American mathematician
  • Wiener process, a mathematical model related to Brownian motion
    • Wiener equation
  • Wiener filter
  • Paley–Wiener theorem
  • Wiener–Khinchin theorem
  • Shannon index, sometimes incorrectly referred to as "Shannon–Wiener index"
  • Norbert Wiener Prizes:
    • Norbert Wiener Prize in Applied Mathematics
    • Norbert Wiener Award for Social and Professional Responsibility
  • Wiener (crater), a crater on the far side of the Moon
• Robert Wiener, CNN senior producer in Baghdad 1990-91 during the Gulf War
• Rosalind Wiener Wyman, Los Angeles politician

See also

• lookfrom Wiener
• Weiner