Meanings
plural bratwursts
- countableuncountableA small (typically pork) sausage, usually served fried.
Yesterday we had bratwurst for dinner.
1 more example
2012, Lindsey Galloway, (bbc.co.uk) A German enclave in central Texas For just-right spiced bratwurst and sausage, try Opa’s Smoked Meats, a family-owned shop that uses original German recipes passed down the generations and always has samples on hand. Finish off any meal with a stop at Chocolat, one of the few chocolate shops in the US that uses a classic European technique known as “liqueur praliné”, where a delicate sugar casting encases liquor, espresso, wine or other liquid fillings. The casting is then covered in chocolate to make a confection that must be eaten whole, lest the encased liquid come dribbling out.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Middle High Germanbrātwurst
- GermanBratwurst
- Englishbratwurst
Borrowed from German Bratwurst. The word is partly from braten (“to fry”) + Wurst (“sausage”), and partly from an older Middle High German brātwurst, in which brāt is an unrelated word meaning “ground meat” (compare German Brät). In modern German, the term Bratwurst is used almost exclusively for sausages fried or to be fried.
More words from German, Middle High German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 德國碎肉香腸 /德国碎肉香肠
- 德國碎肉香腸 /德国碎肉香肠 (Déguó suìròu xiāngcháng)small pork sausage
Dutch braadworst
- braadworstsmall pork sausage
Finnish bratwurst
- bratwurstsmall pork sausage
French crépinette
- crépinettesmall pork sausage
German Bratwurst
- Bratwurstsmall pork sausage
Hungarian sült kolbász
- sült kolbászsmall pork sausage
Japanese ブラートヴルスト
- ブラートヴルスト (burātovurusuto)small pork sausage
Norwegian bratwurst
- bratwurstsmall pork sausage
Portuguese bratwurst
- bratwurstsmall pork sausage
Russian бра́твурст
- бра́твурст (brátvurst)small pork sausage
Spanish bratwurst
- bratwurstsmall pork sausage
Swedish bratwurst
- bratwurstsmall pork sausage
Thai ไส้กรอกย่าง
- ไส้กรอกย่าง (sai grok yang)small pork sausage
Cite this entry
bratwurst. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bratwurst
“bratwurst.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bratwurst. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bratwurst,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bratwurst.
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