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English
Etymology
From German Rotkohl.
Noun
Rotkohl (uncountable)
- (US, dialectal) Red cabbage.
1956, William Sansom, A Contest of Ladies:This one, who held the annual title, comic to the English but a beautiful reality to the German, of Miss Sauerkraut, had in her pallid tall glory exactly the texture of that well-prepared vegetable. A dab of rotkohl would not have harmed her cheeks. Miss Civitavecchia took a deep breath and began, palms outstretched : 'Ma—ma Mi—a!' And went on, for a long time, expending in a tumult of Italian the full breath of her bosom.
1975, Bernard Packer, Caro: A Novel:Emil Arnstedt paused with the forkful of Rotkohl suspended under his lips. He slipped it into his mouth and spoke as he chewed: […]
2020, Madeline Bell, Gaby - More Changes, →ISBN, page 305:I got out [some garbled words] around a mouthful of Rotkohl.
German
Etymology
rot + Kohl
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʁoːtkoːl/
- Hyphenation: Rot‧kohl
Noun
Rotkohl m (strong, genitive Rotkohles or Rotkohls, plural Rotkohle)
- red cabbage, Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra
- Synonyms: Blaukraut, Blaukohl, Rotkraut
Declension
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Further reading
- “Rotkohl” in Duden online
- “Rotkohl” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache