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Kraut
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kraut
English
Alternative forms
en kraut
Etymology
en :bor de:Kraut<t:cabbage> 1
From en de Kraut cabbage, alluding to the use of cabbage as an ingredient in German cuisine (namely sauerkraut). First use appears c. 1833–1837, but popularized during the First and Second World Wars.kraut
Pronunciation
en /kɹaʊt/
en /kɹʌʊt/ Canada
en aʊt 1
en En-au-Kraut.ogg AU
Noun
en ethnic slur offensive derogatory slang A German. from 1841
en Boche Fritz jerry Hun sauerkraut
en frog rosbif
en 1991 w:Art Spiegelman Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began 112 Those Krauts can't hurt you anymore. The only ones left are dead or dying. Pantheon Books New York
Derived terms
en krautish Krautland krautland kraut land krautrock Krautspeak Krautwagon
Translations
derogatory: German Fritz
Dutch: nl mof f
Finnish: fi saku, fi sakemanni, fi niksmanni
German: de Kraut m, de Krautfresser m, de Krautfresserin f
Italian: it crucco m, it crucca f
Polish: pl szwab m, pl szwabka f, pl szkop m
Russian: ru фриц m, ru ганс m, ru бу́ндес m
German
References
Anagrams
en akrtu Kartu kurta
en informal demonyms
en Germany
German
Pronunciation
de /kʁaʊ̯t/
de De-Kraut2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-Kraut.OGG
Etymology 1
de gmh krūt, from de goh krūt, goh chrūt, from de gmw-pro *krūd plant, vegetable, herb.
Noun
n,(e)s,^er ^chen,^lein
de countable herb; useful plant plant used to flavour food, or for medicinal effect
de countable botany herbaceous plant
de uncountable regional southern Germany Austria cabbage vegetable
de Kohl
de uncountable regional western Germany a thick syrup made from sugar beets or, less often, fruit
Usage notes
The sense cabbage is found in northern and central Germany only in the words de Krautsalat and de Sauerkraut, but not otherwise.
Declension
n,(e)s,^er
Hyponyms
de Beikraut Berufkraut Bitterkraut Bohnenkraut Brennkraut Eisenkraut Farnkraut Ferkelkraut Fingerkraut Füllkraut Gewürzkraut Gliedkraut Heidekraut Heilkraut Johanniskraut Labkraut Leimkraut Rübenkraut Sauerkraut Scharbockskraut Schaumkraut Seifenkraut Suppenkraut Tausendgüldenkraut Uferkraut Unkraut Wiesenkraut Wildkraut Würzkraut
Derived terms
de krautig krautartig
Related terms
de Krautroulade Krautsalat Krautwickel Kraut und Rüben ins Kraut schießen Kräuterbutter Kräuterkissen Kräuterlikör Kräuterbitter Kräuteressig Kräutergarten Kräuterheilkunde Kräuterkäse Kräutersammler Kräutersoße Kräutertee
Etymology 2
From de en Kraut German, mostly via American films and books about World Wars I and II. The English term is from de de Sauerkraut, due to the British and American perception of sauerkraut as a stereotypically German dish.
Noun
m,,s
de German de slang derogatory offensive a German (from an Anglo-Saxon perspective)
de Fritz
Derived terms
de Krautrock
Further reading
Kraut_Deutscher Kraut (Deutscher)
Kraut_Meeresfrucht Kraut (Meeresfrucht)
Kraut_Pflanze_Kohl Kraut (Pflanze, Kohl)
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
Noun
n Kreiter Kreitche
herb
Derived terms
hrx Krachkraut
Noun
n
cabbage
Derived terms
hrx Krautstock
Further reading
97
Luxembourgish
Etymology
lb goh krūt, from lb gmw-pro *krūd.
Pronunciation
lb /kræu̯t/ [kʀæˑʊ̯t]
Noun
n Kraider Kraidchen
herb, plant
Further reading