Plockwurst

German

Etymology

From Low German Plockwost. For the first element there are three explanations: (1) from Middle Low German plock, pluck (“post, stake”), cognate of German Pflock, due to its shape, which is reminiscent of a fence post; (2) from a variant of Block (“block”); (3) from a Low German word for “lump of fat”, in turn likely from Middle Low German plücken (“to pluck”), cognate of German pflücken; perhaps comparable to English pluck (“entrails”).

Noun

Plockwurst f (genitive Plockwurst, plural Plockwürste)

1. a kind of seasoned and smoked sausage made from pork and beef, similar to cervelat or salami

Declension

Declension of Plockwurst [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Plockwurst	die	Plockwürste
genitive	einer	der	Plockwurst	der	Plockwürste
dative	einer	der	Plockwurst	den	Plockwürsten
accusative	eine	die	Plockwurst	die	Plockwürste

Descendants

• → Dutch: plokworst