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currywurst

currywurst noun: a German national dish consisting of hot pork sausage cut into slices and seasoned with curry ketchup.

currywurst: a German national dish consisting of hot pork sausage cut into slices and seasoned with curry...
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Noun

currywurst (countable and uncountable, plural currywursts)

  1. A German national dish consisting of hot pork sausage cut into slices and seasoned with curry ketchup.

Forms of currywurst

pluralcurrywursts

Origin of currywurst

Borrowed from German Currywurst, from Curry + Wurst (“sausage”). By surface analysis, curry + wurst.

Questions about currywurst

What does currywurst mean?
Currywurst means a German national dish consisting of hot pork sausage cut into slices and seasoned with curry ketchup.
What part of speech is currywurst?
Currywurst is a noun.
What is the plural of currywurst?
The plural of currywurst is currywursts.

Words near currywurst in the dictionary

  1. currylike
  2. currymuncher
  3. currymunchers
  4. currywhore
  5. currywhores
  6. currywurst
  7. currywursts
  8. curs
  9. Cursa
  10. cursable
  11. Curschmann's spirals

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