Meanings
noundoenjang (uncountable)
- uncountableA thick salty paste made from fermented soybeans, used in Korean cuisine.
1 more example
Eun Hee An, chef and owner of Melbourne’s Moon Mart (the eatery is currently relocating from its West Melbourne spot), says her grandma used to make doenjang from scratch when she was growing up in Korea. “It was always our breakfast soup. So I grew up eating doenjang jjigae every day in my life,” she says.
2024 September 25, Jane Lee, “‘Jjigae is comfort food of the highest order’: my obsession with cooking Korea’s best-loved soups”, in The Guardian
Origin
- Korean된장
- Englishdoenjang
Borrowed from Korean 된장 (doenjang).
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Chinese Mandarin 大酱
- 大酱 (dàjiàng)Translations
Czech doenjang
- doenjangTranslations
Hungarian töndzsang
- töndzsangTranslations
Japanese テンジャン
- テンジャンTranslations
Korean 된장
- 된장 (doenjang)Translations
Polish doenjang
- doenjangTranslations
Russian твенджан
- твенджан (tvendžan)Translations
Thai ทเว็นจัง
- ทเว็นจังTranslations
Ukrainian твенджан
- твенджан (tvendžan)Translations
Vietnamese doenjang
- doenjangTranslations
Cite this entry
APA
doenjang. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doenjang
MLA
“doenjang.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doenjang. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doenjang,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doenjang.
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