Kraut

The German word Kraut is a generic term that is often used in compound nouns for cabbage, cabbage products and many herbs:

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• Wei?kraut = green cabbage
• Blaukraut or Rotkraut = red cabbage
• Sauerkraut
• R?benkraut = thick sugar beet syrup
• Bohnenkraut = Savory
• Unkraut = Weed

The word is almost never used alone, but the plural form, Kr?uter, translates to the English herbs or herbage. For example, Kr?utertee is herbal tea

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In former times, Kraut was used as a colloquial expression for tobacco. Today it's sometimes used for marijuana.

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Since World War II, Kraut has, in the English language, come to be used as a derogatory term for a German. This is probably based on Sauerkraut, which was very popular in German cuisine at that time. The stereotype of the sauerkraut-eating German dates back to long before this time, though, as can for example be seen in Jules Verne's depiction of the evil German industrialist Schultz as an avid sauerkraut eater in "The Five Hundred Million Of The Begum".

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English: English in common usage may refer to:...

Herb: An herb (pronounced "hurb" in Commonwealth English and "urb" in American English) is a plant grown for culinary, medicinal, or in some cases even spiritual value. The green, leafy part of the plant is typically used. General usage differs between culinary herbs and medicinal herbs. A medicinal he...

Herbal tea: A herbal tea, tisane, or ptisan is a herbal infusion other than that made with real (white, yellow, black, oolong, or green) tea (Camellia sinensis). Tisanes can be made with fresh or dried flowers, leaves, seeds or roots; generally by pouring boiling water over the plant parts and letting them stee...