different between frankfurter vs wiener

English

Etymology

From German Frankfurter, the adjectival form of Frankfurt. Specifically, a reference to Frankfurt-am-Main.

Noun

frankfurter (plural frankfurters)

1. (Britain, US, Canada) A moist sausage of soft, even texture and flavor, often made from mechanically recovered meat or meat slurry.

Synonyms

• (type of sausage): coney island, Coney Island, frank, frankfurt (Australia), hot dog, tube steak, wiener

Derived terms

• -furter

Translations

See also

• sav
• savaloy

English

Etymology

From German Wienerwurst, from Wiener (“of Vienna, Viennese”) +? Wurst (“sausage”), because sausages were originally made in Vienna, Austria.

In Germany today this sausage is known as Wiener Würstchen (“small sausage from Vienna”), but in Vienna it is called a Frankfurter (“from Frankfurt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?wi?n?(r)/
• Rhymes: -i?n?(r)

Noun

wiener (plural wieners)

1. (Canada, US) A sausage made from beef, chicken or pork.
2. (Canada, US, Britain) A frankfurter, a hot dog.
3. (Canada, US, colloquial) A penis.
4. (US, colloquial) A person who is nervous or afraid to partake in certain activities.
5. (US, Britain, colloquial) An irritating or disliked person.

Synonyms

• (sausage): Vienna sausage wienie
• (hot dog): frankfurter, frank
• (penis): weenie, winky; see also Thesaurus:penis
• (nervous person): nervous wreck, worrywart; see also Thesaurus:worrier
• (annoying person): nuisance, pain in the neck; see also Thesaurus:nuisance

Derived terms

• cocktail wiener
• cheese wiener
• wiener dog
• wiener roast

Translations

Anagrams

• Weiner

Danish

Noun

wiener c (singular definite wieneren, plural indefinite wienere)

1. Viennese (inhabitant of Vienna)

Usage notes

In compounds: wiener- "Viennese" (connected with Vienna)

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