Meanings
- USdialectaluncountableRed cabbage.
I got out [some garbled words] around a mouthful of Rotkohl.
2020, Madeline Bell, Gaby - More Changes, →ISBN, page 3052 more examples
This one, who held the annual title, comic to the English but a beautiful reality to the German, of Miss Sauerkraut, had in her pallid tall glory exactly the texture of that well-prepared vegetable. A dab of rotkohl would not have harmed her cheeks. Miss Civitavecchia took a deep breath and began, palms outstretched : 'Ma—ma Mi—a!' And went on, for a long time, expending in a tumult of Italian the full breath of her bosom.
1956, William Sansom, A Contest of LadiesEmil Arnstedt paused with the forkful of Rotkohl suspended under his lips. He slipped it into his mouth and spoke as he chewed: […]
1975, Bernard Packer, Caro: A Novel
Origin
- GermanRotkohl
- EnglishRotkohl
From German Rotkohl.
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