wurst
German, adverb
wurst is spelled W-U-R-S-T (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,816th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wurst is a German adverb meaning “anyway, anyhow” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Wurst is a different word: “sausage”.
What does wurst mean in English?
adverb
- 1
colloquialanyway, anyhow
Das ist mir wurst.
noun
- 1
femininesausage
- 2
colloquialfeminineslangvulgarpenis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. längliches Fleischprodukt; meist eine Paste aus Tierfleisch in einen Tierdarm gepresst 2. Aufschnitt aus Fleisch 3. länglicher, wurstförmiger Gegenstand
adjective: 1. gleichgültig
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 wurst
- Würste plural
- Würstchen diminutive neuter
- Würstlein diminutive neuter
- Würsterl diminutive neuter
- Würstel diminutive neuter
- Würsten dative definite plural
- wurscht alternative
- Wurst alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to wurst
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is wurst in German?
wurst appears 13 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).