Kraut
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From German Kraut (“cabbage”), alluding to the use of cabbage as ingredient in German cuisine (namely sauerkraut). From 19th c. but popularized during WWI/II.[1][2]
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Kraut (plural Krauts)
- (ethnic slur, offensive, derogatory, slang) A German. [from 1841]
- 1991, Art Spiegelman, Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began, New York: Pantheon Books, page 112:
- Those Krauts can't hurt you anymore. The only ones left are dead or dying.
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- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “kraut”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- ^ “Kraut”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
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From Middle High German krūt, from Old High German krūt, chrūt, from Proto-West Germanic *krūd (“plant, vegetable, herb”).
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Kraut n (strong, genitive Krautes or Krauts, plural Kräuter, diminutive Kräutchen n or Kräutlein n)
- (countable) herb; useful plant (plant used to flavour food, or for medicinal effect)
- (countable, botany) herbaceous plant
- (uncountable, regional, Southern Germany, Austria) cabbage (vegetable)
- Synonym: Kohl
- (uncountable, regional, western Germany) a thick syrup made from sugar beets or, less often, fruit
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- The sense “cabbage” is found in northern and central Germany only in the words Krautsalat and Sauerkraut, but not otherwise.
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From English Kraut (“German”), mostly via American films and books about World Wars I and II. The English term is from German sauerkraut, due to the British and American perception of sauerkraut as a stereotypically German dish.
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Kraut m (strong, genitive Krauts, plural Krauts)
- (slang, derogatory, offensive) a German (from an Anglo-Saxon perspective)
- Synonym: Fritz
Further reading edit
- “Kraut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kraut” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Kraut (Deutscher)” in Duden online
- “Kraut (Meeresfrucht)” in Duden online
- “Kraut (Pflanze, Kohl)” in Duden online
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Kraut n (plural Kreiter, diminutive Kreitche)
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Kraut n
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From Old High German krūt, from Proto-West Germanic *krūd.