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würst

würst is the alternative spelling of wurst.

Meaning of wurst

Noun

wurst (countable and uncountable, plural wursts or (rare) würste)

  1. A German- or Austrian-style sausage.
    • If you pick up a package of liverwurst (German wurst, sausage), you may find that it contains, in addition to liver, nonfat dry milk, salt, corn syrup, flavorings (unspecified), sodium erythrobate, sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite, gelatin, and dextrose. The list reads like a list of chemicals for a...1975, John W[illiam] Hill, “Food: A Collage of Chemicals”, in Chemistry for Changing Times, 2nd edition, Minneapolis, Minn.: Burgess Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 251

Forms of würst

pluralwürsts

Origin of würst

From a perception of the umlaut as indicating Germanness; the native German word has plain u, not ü, in the singular.

Questions about würst

What is würst the alternative spelling of?
Würst is the alternative spelling of wurst.

Words near würst in the dictionary

  1. wülfingite
  2. Wünderkind
  3. Wünderkinder
  4. Wünsdorf
  5. Würm
  6. würst
  7. würste
  8. würsts
  9. Württemberg
  10. Württembergian
  11. Würzburg

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