sauerkraut

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noun

A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.

Similar
krautliberty cabbage
OriginGerman Sauerkraut →
UncommonFirst used 1858Scrabble 14
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Meanings

nounsauerkraut (countable and uncountable, plural sauerkrauts)

plural sauerkrauts · alternative sourkraut

  1. countableuncountableA dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.

    Synonyms: kraut, liberty cabbage

  2. countableethnicobsoleteoffensiveslangslurA German person.First known use 1858

    Synonyms: Kraut

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.

Similar
krautliberty cabbage

nounA German person.

Similar
Kraut
Also see
kraut

Origin

  1. GermanSauerkraut
  2. Englishsauerkraut

Borrowed into English around 1600 from German Sauerkraut, from sauer (“sour, acidic, spoiled”) + Kraut (“herb; cabbage”). Doublet of choucroute.

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Translations

Arabic كُرُنْب مُخَلَّل, زَوَكْرَوْت
  • كُرُنْب مُخَلَّل (kurunb muḵallal)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
  • زَوَكْرَوْت (zawakrawt)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Bulgarian ки́село зе́ле
  • ки́село зе́ле (kíselo zéle)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Catalan xucrut
  • xucruta dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Chinese Mandarin 酸菜, 德國酸菜 /德国酸菜
  • 酸菜 (suāncài)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
  • 德國酸菜 /德国酸菜 (Déguó suāncài)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Czech kysané zelí
  • kysané zelía dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Danish surkål
  • surkåla dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Dutch zuurkool
  • zuurkoola dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Esperanto saŭrkraŭto, acida brasiko
  • saŭrkraŭtoa dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
  • acida brasikoa dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Estonian hapukapsas
  • hapukapsasa dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Finnish hapankaali
  • hapankaalia dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
French choucroute
  • choucroutea dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
German Sauerkraut, Sauerkohl
  • Sauerkrauta dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
  • Sauerkohla dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Greek λαχανάλμη, ξινολάχανο
  • λαχανάλμη (lachanálmi)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
  • ξινολάχανο (xinoláchano)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Hebrew כרוב כבוש, כרוב חמוץ
  • כרוב כבוש (kruv kavúsh)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
  • כרוב חמוץ (kruv khamúts)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Hungarian savanyú káposzta
  • savanyú káposztaa dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Icelandic súrkál
  • súrkála dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Italian crauti
  • crautia dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Japanese ザワークラウト, ザウアークラウト
  • ザワークラウト (zawākurauto)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
  • ザウアークラウト (zauākurauto)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Korean 자우어크라우트, 사워크라우트
  • 자우어크라우트 (jaueokeurauteu)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
  • 사워크라우트 (sawokeurauteu)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Latvian skābi kāposti
  • skābi kāpostia dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Norwegian Bokmål surkål, sauerkraut
  • surkåla dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
  • sauerkrauta dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Polish kapusta kiszona, kapusta kwaszona
  • kapusta kiszonaa dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
  • kapusta kwaszonaa dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Portuguese chucrute
  • chucrutea dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Romanian varză acră
  • varză acrăa dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Russian ква́шеная капу́ста, ки́слая капу́ста
  • ква́шеная капу́ста (kvášenaja kapústa)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
  • ки́слая капу́ста (kíslaja kapústa)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Slovak kyslá kapusta
  • kyslá kapustaa dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Spanish chucrut
  • chucruta dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Swedish surkål, sauerkraut
  • surkåla dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
  • sauerkrauta dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Turkish lahana turşusu
  • lahana turşusua dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Ukrainian ква́шена капу́ста
  • ква́шена капу́ста (kvášena kapústa)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Vietnamese món dưa cải bắp
  • món dưa cải bắpa dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Welsh bresych picl
  • bresych picla dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
Yiddish זויערקרויט
  • זויערקרויט (zoyerkroyt)a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
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