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Kraut

Kraut

See also: kraut

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Noun

Kraut (plural Krauts)

  1. (ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A German.

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁaʊ̯t/

Etymology 1

From Old High German krūt, chrūt, from Proto-Germanic *krūdą (plant, vegetable, herb). Cognate with Old Saxon krūd (whence Low German Kruut), Old Frisian krūd (whence Saterland Frisian Kruud), Old Dutch krūt (whence Dutch kruid), Yiddish קרויט (kroyt).

Noun

Kraut n (genitive Krauts or Krautes, plural Kräuter, diminutive Kräutchen n or Kräutlein n)

  1. (countable) herb; useful plant (plant used to flavour food, or for medicinal effect)
  2. (countable, botany) plant whose above-ground portions are not woody
  3. (uncountable, regional, southern Germany, Austria) cabbage (vegetable)
  4. (uncountable, regional, western Germany) a thick syrup made from sugar beets or, less often, fruit
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  • (cabbage): This sense has become common in northern and central Germany in the words Krautsalat and Sauerkraut, but not otherwise.
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Etymology 2

From English Kraut (German), mostly via American films about World War II. The English term is from sauerkraut, due to the British and American perception of sauerkraut as a stereotypically German dish.

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Kraut m (genitive Krauts, plural Krauts)

  1. (slang, derogatory, offensive) a German (from an Anglo-Saxon perspective)
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  • (a German, from an Anglo-Saxon perspective): Fritz

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German krūt, from Proto-Germanic *krūdą. Cognate with German Kraut, Dutch kruid, kruit, Icelandic krydd.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkʀæːʊ̯t/

Noun

Kraut n (plural Kraider)

  1. herb, plant

kraut

kraut

See also: Kraut

English

Noun

kraut (plural krauts)

  1. Sauerkraut.
  2. Alternative form of Kraut (German).