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Sauerkraut

//ˈsaʊɚˌkɹaʊt// noun, slang

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Noun
  1. 1
    A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    shredded cabbage fermented in brine wordnet
  3. 3
    A German person. countable, ethnic, obsolete, offensive, slang, slur

Etymology

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

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