hot dog

sausage in bun, usually with toppings
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hot dog

Summary

hot dog ranks in the top 0.26% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49,240 views/month, #201 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • hot dog is credited with the discovery of Charles Feltman[2].
  • Vienna is named after hot dog[3].
  • Coney Island is named after hot dog[4].
  • dog is named after hot dog[5].
  • hot dog is made of hot dog bun[6].
  • hot dog is made of sauce[7].
  • hot dog is made of Vienna sausage[8].
  • hot dog is made of baked good[9].
  • hot dog is a type of dish[10].
  • hot dog is a type of meat pastry[11].
  • hot dog is a type of sausage sandwich[12].
  • hot dog is a type of street food[13].
  • hot dog is a type of cuisine[14].
  • hot dog is a type of fast food[15].
  • hot dog is used for eating[16].
  • hot dog is used for hot dog eating contest[17].
  • hot dog's Commons category is recorded as Hot dogs[18].
  • hot dog's Unicode character is recorded as 🌭[19].
  • hot dog's country of origin is recorded as United States[20].
  • hot dog's country of origin is recorded as Germany[21].
  • hot dog comprises baked good[22].
  • hot dog's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Hot dogs[23].
  • hot dog's partially coincident with is recorded as corn dog[24].
  • hot dog's partially coincident with is recorded as sausage rolls[25].
  • hot dog's cuisine is recorded as cuisine of the United States[26].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include dish[10], meat pastry[11], sausage sandwich[12], street food[13], cuisine[14], and fast food[15].

Origins

Things named after include Vienna[3], a federal capital[27], in Austria[28], founded in -0100[29]; Coney Island[4], a beach[30], in United States[31]; and dog[5], an organisms known by a particular common name[32].

Use and Application

Recorded has use include eating[16] and hot dog eating contest[17]. It comprises baked good[22].

Influence

Things named for hot dog include Witches and Wieners Pack[33], a downloadable content[34].

Why It Matters

hot dog ranks in the top 0.26% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49,240 views/month, #201 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Entities named for it include Witches and Wieners Pack[33], a downloadable content[34].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  25. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15d ago · Charp238 · 2026-09-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Namuwiki id → 핫도그
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P8885]]: 핫도그"
  2. 10w ago · Kirilloparma · 2026-07-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14470 → Objects/Hot_Dog
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P14470]]: Objects/Hot_Dog, Adding missing [[P:P14470|P14470]] and [[P:P9675|P9675]] qualifier based on [[P:P5247|P5247]]"
  3. 12w ago · Foglo · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → dish, meat pastry, sausage sandwich +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q81799]]"
  4. 12w ago · Foglo · 2026-07-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → dish, meat pastry, sausage sandwich +3
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P279]]: [[Q1778821]]"
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