sauerkraut

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Borrowed into English around 1600 from German Sauerkraut, from sauer (“sour, acidic, spoiled”) + Kraut (“herb; cabbage”). Doublet of choucroute.

Sir R. Sauerkraut, you old crab Hum. — McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey
"There's worse things than frankfurters and sauerkraut." — The Place of Honeymoons, Harold MacGrath
"A poem about sauerkraut wouldn't do for this automobile age," said Sam, dryly. — The Rover Boys on the Farm; or, Last Days at Putnam Hall, Edward Stratemeyer

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