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.
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).
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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.