Kraut

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Meaning

  1. (countable,neuter,strong) herb; useful plant (plant used to flavour food, or for medicinal effect)
  2. (countable,neuter,strong) herbaceous plant
  3. (Austria,Southern-Germany,neuter,regional,strong,uncountable) cabbage (vegetable)
  4. (Germany,Western,neuter,regional,strong,uncountable) a thick syrup made from sugar beets or, less often, fruit

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

grut

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kʁaʊ̯t/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German krūt, from Old High German krūt, chrūt, from Proto-West Germanic *krūd (“plant, vegetable, herb”).

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