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sauerkraut

UK/ˈsaʊəˌkɹaʊt/US/ˈsaʊɚˌkɹaʊt/

sauerkraut noun: a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.

sauerkraut: a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
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Noun

sauerkraut (countable and uncountable, plural sauerkrauts)

  1. A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.
  2. (countable, ethnic, obsolete, offensive, slang, slur) A German person.
    Synonyms:
    Kraut

sauerkraut meaning in Tamil, Arabic and Vietnamese

sauerkraut in Tamil

செர்மன் ஊறுகாய் வகை

sauerkraut in Arabic

a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
كُرُنْب مُخَلَّل kurunb muḵallal, زَوَكْرَوْت zawakrawt

sauerkraut in Vietnamese

a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage
món dưa cải bắp

Examples of sauerkraut in a sentence

  • Spicy but delicate Vienna sausages are eaten with various dishes such as sauerkraut or as a snack by themselves, with or without relish.
  • Mouth-watering foods such as pirohi, holubki, halushki, kolbasi and sauerkraut, nalesniki (potato pancakes), soup and more.
  • Vancouver bride-to-be Tracy Williams isn't about to start eating sauerkraut and popping Frankenvitamins.

All 18 example sentences with sauerkraut

Synonyms of sauerkraut

Forms of sauerkraut

pluralsauerkrauts
alternative formsourkraut

Origin of sauerkraut

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

Words formed from sauerkraut

Phrases with sauerkraut

Questions about sauerkraut

What does sauerkraut mean?
Sauerkraut means a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.
What is sauerkraut in Tamil?
Sauerkraut in Tamil is செர்மன் ஊறுகாய் வகை. See Sauerkraut meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is sauerkraut?
Sauerkraut is a noun.
How do you pronounce sauerkraut?
Sauerkraut is pronounced /ˈsaʊɚˌkɹaʊt/ (US).
What is the plural of sauerkraut?
The plural of sauerkraut is sauerkrauts.

Words near sauerkraut in the dictionary

  1. Saudizes
  2. Saudizing
  3. Sauer
  4. sauerbraten
  5. sauerbratens
  6. sauerkraut
  7. sauerkraut juice
  8. sauerkraut juices
  9. sauerkraut soup
  10. sauerkraut soups
  11. sauerkrauts

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Adapted from Wiktionary: sauerkraut (page history and authors); sauerkraut (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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