Hard disagree. That spelling sounds more like whiner. It’s weiner, after the surname Weiner, which is indeed German, and that whole family is a bunch of dicks.
In German words with ie or ei diphthongs, you pronounce the English name of the second letter. So wiener is pronounced veen-uh, and Weiner is vine-uh (both very roughly).
Yes. People might always pronounce their names differently from normal phonetic rules, especially if they don’t speak German, but the word wiener is unrelated.
Hard disagree. That spelling sounds more like whiner. It’s weiner, after the surname Weiner, which is indeed German, and that whole family is a bunch of dicks.
In German words with ie or ei diphthongs, you pronounce the English name of the second letter. So wiener is pronounced veen-uh, and Weiner is vine-uh (both very roughly).
You sure?
Just because Americans bastardise our pronunciation or spelling doesn’t make “Weiner” the correct spelling for that pronunciation.
Yes. People might always pronounce their names differently from normal phonetic rules, especially if they don’t speak German, but the word wiener is unrelated.