# sauerkraut

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsaʊɚˌkɹaʊt/ · frequency rank #43,900

## Definitions
1. A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.
2. A German person.

## Etymology
Borrowed into English around 1600 from German Sauerkraut, from sauer (“sour, acidic, spoiled”) + Kraut (“herb; cabbage”). Doublet of choucroute.

## Common misspellings (14)
`asuerkraut`, `saeurkraut`, `sauekrraut`, `sauerkarut`, `sauerkkraut`, `sauerkratu`, `sauerkrautt`, `sauerkrraut`, `sauerkruat`, `sauerrkaut`, `sauerrkraut`, `saurekraut`, `ssauerkraut`, `suaerkraut`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/sauerkraut