sauerkraut
/ˈsaʊɚˌkɹaʊt/noun
sauerkraut is spelled S-A-U-E-R-K-R-A-U-T: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, sauerkraut means “A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of sauerkraut is sauerkrauts.
How many letters and syllables are in sauerkraut?
| Letters | 10: S-A-U-E-R-K-R-A-U-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 43,663rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is sauerkraut?
Sauerkraut appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 43,663rd 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).
How do you pronounce sauerkraut?
- US /ˈsaʊɚˌkɹaʊt/
- UK /ˈsaʊəˌkɹaʊt/
- Canada /ˈsaʊɚˌkɹʌʊt/
Sauerkraut has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-sauerkraut.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of sauerkraut
- sauerkrauts plural
- sourkraut
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does sauerkraut mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.
- 2
obsoleteoffensiveslangA German person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate sauerkraut?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of sauerkraut: kraut.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Sauerkraut in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | choucroute |
| German | Sauerkraut, Sauerkohl |
| Portuguese | chucrute |
| Spanish | chucrut |
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 sauerkraut come from?
Borrowed into English around 1600 from German Sauerkraut, from sauer (“sour, acidic, spoiled”) + Kraut (“herb; cabbage”). Doublet of choucroute.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).