weisswurst

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noun

Any of several mildly spiced sausages made with light-colored meat such as pork and veal.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounweisswurst (countable and uncountable, plural weisswursts)

plural weisswursts

  1. countableuncountableAny of several mildly spiced sausages made with light-colored meat such as pork and veal.

    Bordered by shops selling meat, fresh, smoked and pickled fish, this is a nosher's haven with many a schnell imbiss, or quick snack stand, for the hot liver pâté, leberkäse and morning weisswurst washed down with potent, lemon-sparked Munich weissbier.

    2007 November 18, Mimi Sheraton, “Markets as Both Feast and Spectacle”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. GermanWeißwurst
  2. Englishweisswurst

From German Weißwurst.

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Translations

German Weißwurst
  • WeißwurstAny of several mildly spiced sausages made with light-colored meat
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Chicago

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