Currywurst
German, noun/ˈkœʁivʊʁst/
Currywurst is spelled C-U-R-R-Y-W-U-R-S-T (10 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,880th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Currywurst is a German feminine noun meaning “currywurst; a German national dish consisting of hot pork sausage cut into slices and seasoned with curry sauce” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wurstspezialität, bestehend aus einer in Stücke geschnittenen gebratenen Brühwurst mit Pelle (Hülle) und…”.
What does Currywurst mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecurrywurst; a German national dish consisting of hot pork sausage cut into slices and seasoned with curry sauce
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wurstspezialität, bestehend aus einer in Stücke geschnittenen gebratenen Brühwurst mit Pelle (Hülle) und einer Spezialsauce aus Tomatenmark und Curry-Pulver sowie anderen Gewürzen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Currywurst
- Currywürste plural
- Currywürsten dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Currywurst?
- /ˈkœʁivʊʁst/
- [ˈkœʁiˌvʊʁst]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Currywurst
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Currywurst in German?
Currywurst appears 2.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).