currywurst
noun
currywurst is spelled C-U-R-R-Y-W-U-R-S-T: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, currywurst means “A German national dish consisting of hot pork sausage cut into slices and seasoned with curry ketchup” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of currywurst is currywursts.
How many letters and syllables are in currywurst?
| Letters | 10: C-U-R-R-Y-W-U-R-S-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 24 million words; the 148,541st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is currywurst?
Currywurst appears about once in every 24 million words in written English, the 148,541st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of currywurst
- currywursts plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does currywurst mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A German national dish consisting of hot pork sausage cut into slices and seasoned with curry ketchup.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Currywurst in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense pork sausage cut into slices seasoned with a curry sauce:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Currywurst |
| Spanish | currywurst |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does currywurst come from?
Borrowed from German Currywurst, from Curry + Wurst (“sausage”). By surface analysis, curry + wurst.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).