kraut

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Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
10
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/kɹaʊt/
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/kɹaʊt/ · /kɹʌʊt/

Definition of kraut

4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur)A German.
    “Those Krauts can't hurt you anymore. The only ones left are dead or dying.”
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noun

  1. (derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur)A German.
    “Those Krauts can't hurt you anymore. The only ones left are dead or dying.”
  2. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable)Clipping of sauerkraut.
    “The bacon fat and the browned ribs and the boiling kraut smelled good.”
  3. (alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of Kraut (“German person”).

verb

  1. To make (into) sauerkraut.
    “I find more money in krauting Cabbage myself and marketing the kraut, as […]”
    “The same applies to the brining of cucumbers […] and krauting cabbage.”
    “They krauted cabbage, picked saskatoons and dried them for the winter. The whole family contributed to the welfare of the home for there was no room for a drone in their midst.”

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Etymology

From German 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.

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