German

Sauerbraten

Noun

Sauerbraten m ‎(genitive Sauerbratens, plural Sauerbraten)

1. sauerbraten

Declension

Related terms

• Brät
• braten
• Kalbsbraten
• Lammbraten
• Rinderbraten
• Schweinebraten
• Gänsebraten
• Entenbraten
• Festtagsbraten
• Bratensoße
• Bratengabel
• Bratpfanne
• Bratwurst
• Bratfleisch
• Bratapfel

English

Noun

sauerbraten ‎(countable and uncountable, plural sauerbratens)

1. A German dish of roasted marinated horse meat or beef. (Today, in most cases, beef is used instead of horse meat; pork is also used.)
   • 1992 March 13, Jody Stern, “Restaurant Tours: joie de Germans?”, in Chicago Reader:

     My sauerbraten ($10.95) was a disaster, thin slices of beef drowned in a lake of gravy, and way too sauer, although the accompanying spaetzle were firm and buttery.

   • 1994 July 22, Grant Pick, “Bigot for Hire”, in Chicago Reader:

     The worst thing that would have happened if Germany had won is that I'd be speaking German now and eating sauerbraten instead of hamburger," he says. "

   • 2006 November 24, Michael Gebhert/Mike Sula/David Hammond, “Critic's Choice/Roast Pheasant in a Sleigh and Other Eastern European Delights”, in Chicago Reader:

     But some meat dishes, like the sauerbraten, are drenched in sauces that tend to be a little too heavy and sweet.

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