sauerkraut English · revision 1265

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈsaʊəˌkɹaʊt/ ''(UK)''; /ˈsaʊɚˌkɹaʊt/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|de|Sauerkraut|t=sour cabbage]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[af|de|sauer|Kraut|t1=sour|t2=vegetable, cabbage]].^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) It is related to [[sour]] and [[kraut]].^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Cabbage cut fine and fermented in its own juice with salt (1617 as ''souer craut'' in Barnhart and Merriam-Webster; 1633 in the OED).^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A form ''sour-crout'' is recorded from 1775.^(Barnhart 1995) In U.S. slang the word meant a German from 1858.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) During the First World War an attempt to rename it ''liberty cabbage'' failed.^(Etymonline) French ''choucroute'' is the same German word, reshaped by folk etymology.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1617 – ''souer craut''.^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1775 – ''sour-crout''.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1858 – slang, a German.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Finely chopped [[cabbage]] salted and fermented in its own juice.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(U.S. slang)'' A German.^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[kraut]]

+ * [[sour]]

+ * [[choucroute]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}