Rotkohl

English

Etymology

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(file)
  • 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

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