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noun, feminine

choucroute

/ʃu.kʁut/

noun, feminine/ʃu.kʁut/plural: choucroutes

sauerkraut (a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage)

Related: aucun rapport avec la choucroute, pédaler dans la choucroute

From Alsatian Alemannic German surkrut, Surkrut, Sürkrut (standard German Sauerkraut). The first part of the word was modified by folk etymology to French chou (“cabbage”). Since -croute (krut, German Kraut) is that part of the Germanic word that indeed means “cabbage”, the French form quite literally is “cabbage-cabbage”.