choucroute
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Alsatian Alemannic German surkrut (standard German Sauerkraut). The first part of the word was modified by folk etymology to French chou (“cabbage”). Since -croute (krut, German Kraut) is that part of the Germanic word that indeed means “cabbage”, the French form quite literally is “cabbage-cabbage”.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
choucroute f (usually uncountable, plural choucroutes)
- sauerkraut (a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage)
Further readingEdit
- “choucroute” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).