Rotkohl

English

Etymology

From German Rotkohl.

Noun

Rotkohl (uncountable)

1. (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/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Rot‧kohl

Noun

Rotkohl m (strong, genitive Rotkohles or Rotkohls, plural Rotkohle)

1. red cabbage, Brassica oleracea var. capitata f. rubra

   Synonyms: Blaukraut, Blaukohl, Rotkraut

Declension

Declension of Rotkohl [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rotkohl	die	Rotkohle
genitive	eines	des	Rotkohles, Rotkohls	der	Rotkohle
dative	einem	dem	Rotkohl, Rotkohle1	den	Rotkohlen
accusative	einen	den	Rotkohl	die	Rotkohle

¹Now rare, see notes.

Coordinate terms

• Grünkohl m
• Weißkohl m

Further reading

• “Rotkohl” in Duden online
• “Rotkohl” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache