different between sauerkraut vs pierogi

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

• perogi, perogie, perogy, piroghi, pirogi, pirogie, pirojki, pyrogy, pyrohy

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish pierogi, the plural of pieróg (“dumpling”), which ultimately is derived from Proto-Slavic *pir? (“party”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???o??i/, IPA^(key): /p???o??i/ (amongst Polish Americans)
• Hyphenation: pier?ogi

Noun

pierogi (plural pierogi or pierogies or pierogis)

1. (Canada, US) A square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit filling.

Usage notes

• Russian "pirozhki" (???????? (pirožkí)) and "pirogi" (singular "pirog", Russian ??????? (pirogí)) and Polish pierogi (diminutive: "piero?ki") (dumplings) are often confused. The two dishes are quite different. See pelmeni for the Russian version of the Polish pierogi. In certain regions of Ukraine, these terms (???????, ????????) may refer to either the Polish "pierogi" or the Russian "pirozhki".

Synonyms

• varenyky/vareniki (plural)
• pelmeni (plural)
• pedahey

Derived terms

• Chinese perogy

Translations

See also

• potsticker
• pirozhki (Russian pastry, false friends)
• pirohy
• pierogi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

• “pierogi” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Anagrams

• pirogie

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p???r?.??i/

Noun

pierogi

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pieróg

Spanish

Noun

pierogi m (plural pierogi)

1. pierogi

   Synonym: (Ukraine) varenyky