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Kraut¹

  • /kɹaʊt/
  • /kɹʌʊt/ Canada

Rhymes with -aʊt

Where it comes from

From German Kraut (“cabbage”), alluding to the use of cabbage as an ingredient in German cuisine (namely sauerkraut). First use appears c. 1833–1837, but popularized during the First and Second World Wars.

noun Krauts · kraut

  1. derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur A German. Those Krauts can't hurt you anymore. The only ones left are dead or dying.

    Similar: Boche, Fritz, jerry, Hun, sauerkraut

kraut²

Where it comes from

Clipping of sauerkraut, from German Sauerkraut. Compare German Kraut (“cabbage”).

noun krauts

  1. abbreviation, clipping, countable, uncountable Clipping of sauerkraut The bacon fat and the browned ribs and the boiling kraut smelled good.

verb krauts · krauting · krauted

  1. To make (into) sauerkraut. I find more money in krauting Cabbage myself and marketing the kraut, as […]

kraut³

noun krauts

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Kraut (“German person”).

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noun derogatory: German — see also Fritz

DeutschKraut, Krautfresser, Krautfresserin
Italianocrucco, crucca
Русскийфриц fric, ганс gans, бу́ндес búndes

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"kraut." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/kraut. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"kraut." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kraut.

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@misc{kraut_2026,
  title = {kraut},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kraut},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}