Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rotkohl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: rotkohl
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"Emil Arnstedt paused with the forkful of Rotkohl suspended under his lips. He slipped it into his mouth and spoke as he chewed: […]"
"I got out [some garbled words] around a mouthful of Rotkohl."

Etymology

From German Rotkohl.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Rotkohl

Usage

American usage
Uncountable

Questions

What does rotkohl mean?: Red cabbage.
Where does rotkohl come from?: It is traced to German.

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