different between sauerkraut vs kimchi

English

Alternative forms

• sourkraut

Etymology

Borrowed into English around 1600 from German Sauerkraut, from sauer (“sour, acidic, spoiled”) + Kraut (“herb; cabbage”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?sa???k?a?t/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sa???k?a?t/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?sa???k???t/

Noun

sauerkraut (countable and uncountable, plural sauerkrauts)

1. (countable, uncountable) A dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage.
2. (countable, obsolete, ethnic slur, offensive, slang) A German person. [from 1858]

   Synonym: Kraut

Synonyms

• liberty cabbage (US, historical, nationalist)

Derived terms

• (food): sauerkraut soup

Translations

References

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