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Krauts

Krauts

9.1
Portions of sour cabbage often served with meat
  • noun
  • /kraʊts/
  • US
translation icon : chucrut
  • We enjoyed three generous servings of krauts alongside our bratwurst and pretzels at the festival.

Good old classic German kraut is coming through and baked beans, you know, just got to start.

Examples

  • The chef served the traditional dish with a side of krauts to enhance the flavors of the meat.

  • After fermenting for several weeks, the krauts became tangy and ready to be served with dinner.

  • Good old classic German kraut is coming through and baked beans, you know, just got to start.

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Synonyms

sauerkraut
vsKrauts
19 3.8

A food of shredded cabbage fermented in salt water and eaten as a sour side dish

refers to individual servings or portions rather than the food in general
kraut
vsKrauts
4 5.3

Cabbage that people leave in salt until it becomes sour and eat as a side

refers to servings or portions instead of the general ingredient
choucroute
vsKrauts
9.9

A French dish of cooked sour cabbage with sausages and meats from Alsace

refers to servings or portions, not the prepared multi-ingredient dish

Surface Forms

Krauts plural

Morphology

Krauts = kraut (transparent) = kraut + s

Plural formation is regular; using the plural to indicate servings or portions of sauerkraut is directly derived from the singular food sense.

Etymology

Krauts here comes from German Kraut and the familiar dish sauerkraut, so it can mean servings or portions of this fermented cabbage. That's why a restaurant might say they served several Krauts with a meal.