sauerkraut

See also: Sauerkraut

English

Alternative forms

sourkraut

Etymology

Borrowed into English around 1600 from German Sauerkraut, from sauer (“sour, acidic, spoiled”) + Kraut (“herb; cabbage”).[1]

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsaʊɚˌkɹaʊt/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsaʊəˌkɹaʊt/
(Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈsaʊɚˌkɹʌʊt/
Audio (AU) (file)

Noun

sauerkraut (countable and uncountable, plural sauerkrauts)

(countable, uncountable) A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.
Synonyms: kraut, (US, historical, nationalist) liberty cabbage
(countable, obsolete, ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A German person. [from 1858]
Synonym: Kraut

Derived terms

(food):

Translations

a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage

Belarusian: ква́шаная капу́ста f (kvášanaja kapústa)
Bulgarian: ки́село зе́ле n (kíselo zéle)
Catalan: xucrut (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 酸菜 (zh) (suāncài), 德國酸菜／德国酸菜 (Déguó suāncài)
Czech: kysané zelí n
Danish: surkål c
Dutch: zuurkool (nl) f
Esperanto: saŭrkraŭto, acida (eo) brasiko (eo)
Estonian: hapukapsas (et)
Faroese: súrkál n
Finnish: hapankaali (fi)
French: choucroute (fr) f
German: Sauerkraut (de) n, Sauerkohl (de) m
Greek: λαχανάλμη f (lachanálmi), ξινολάχανο n (xinoláchano)
Hungarian: savanyú káposzta (hu)
Hunsrik: Schukrutt n
Icelandic: súrkál n
Ido: surkruto (io)
Italian: crauti (it) m pl
Japanese: ザワークラウト (zawākurauto), ザウアークラウト (zauākurauto)
Korean: 자우어크라우트 (jaueokeurauteu), 사워크라우트 (sawokeurauteu)
Latvian: skābi kāposti m pl
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: zoerkool m

German Low German: Suerkruut (nds) n
Luxembourgish: Sauermous n
Macedonian: кисела зелка f (kisela zelka), расол m (rasol)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: surkål m

Nynorsk: surkål m
Polish: kapusta kiszona (pl) f, kapusta kwaszona (pl) f
Portuguese: chucrute (pt) m
Romanian: varză acră f
Russian: ква́шеная капу́ста (ru) f (kvášenaja kapústa), ки́слая капу́ста f (kíslaja kapústa)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: кисели купус m, рибанац m

Roman: kiseli kupus (sh) m, ribanac (sh) m, kiselo zelje n (Croatia)
Slovak: kyslá kapusta f
Slovene: kislo zelje n
Spanish: chucrut m
Swedish: surkål (sv) c
Turkish: lahana turşusu
Ukrainian: ква́шена капу́ста f (kvášena kapústa)
Vietnamese: món dưa cải bắp
Volapük: züdöfabrasid
Welsh: bresych picl m
Yiddish: זויערקרויט n (zoyerkroyt)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “sauerkraut”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “sauerkraut”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.