Sauerkraut Definition
sourkrout
noun
Chopped cabbage fermented in a brine of its own juice with salt.
Webster's New World
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Noun
Singular:
sauerkraut
Plural:
sauerkrautsOrigin of Sauerkraut
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Borrowed into English around 1600 from German Sauerkraut, from sauer (“sour, acidic, spoiled") + Kraut (“herb", specifically “cabbage").
From Wiktionary
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German sauer sour sauerbraten Kraut cabbage (from Middle High German krūt) (from Old High German)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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