different between kraut vs kimchi

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of sauerkraut, from German Sauerkraut. Compare German Kraut (“cabbage”).

Noun

kraut (countable and uncountable, plural krauts)

1. Clipping of sauerkraut.

Etymology 2

Noun

kraut (plural krauts)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Kraut (“German”)

Anagrams

• Kartu, kurta

Latvian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *kr(o)u?-, from Proto-Indo-European *kruH-. Cognate with Lithuanian kráuti, Proto-Slavic *kr?ti (“to cover”) (whence Russian ????? (kryt?), Polish kry?, Czech krýt), Old English hr?odan (“to cover”), Ancient Greek ?????? (krúpt?, “I hide, I conceal”).

Verb

kraut (tr., 1st conj., pres. krauju, krauj, krauj, past kr?vu)

1. to pile, to stack, to load

Conjugation

Derived terms

• apkraut
• iekraut
• izkraut
• sakraut
• uzkraut

Related terms

• krava (“cargo, freight”)
• kr?v?js (“stacker”)

English

Alternative forms

• kimchee, kim chee, gimchee

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean ?? (gimchi). See there for an explanation of the etymology on the Korean side, but ultimately from Sino-Korean ?? (“soaked vegetables”). Doublet of kimuchi.

Pronunciation

Noun

kimchi (usually uncountable, plural kimchis)

1. A Korean dish made of vegetables, such as cabbage or radishes, that are salted, seasoned, and stored in sealed containers to undergo lactic acid fermentation.
2. (slang, ethnic slur, derogatory) A Korean person.
   • 1994, Richard Marcinko, Rogue Warrior II: Red Cell, Pocket Books, page 238:

     How did I know the kimchis were trying to smuggle the crate out of Japan?

   • 2007, Pamela Goyan Kittler and Kathryn Sucher, Food and Culture, Cengage Learning, page 5:

     In the United States, Germans are sometimes called "krauts" ... Koreans "kimchis," and poor white Southerners "crackers"...

   • 2011, Gerald M. Weinberg, Freshman Murders, Weinberg & Weinberg:

     ... he doesn't know the difference between Ping-Pongs and Kimchis.

Translations

Finnish

Etymology

From Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kimt?i/, [?kimt??i]
• Syllabification: kim?chi

Noun

kimchi

1. kimchi

Declension

French

Etymology

From Korean

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kimt.?i/

Noun

kimchi m (plural kimchis)

1. kimchi

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Korean ?? (gimchi). See there for more information.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kimt??i/, [?k?m.t??i]

Noun

kimchi m (plural kimchis)

1. kimchi