noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
A small (typically pork) sausage, usually served fried.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
Yesterday we had bratwurst for dinner.
2012, Lindsey Galloway, (bbc.co.uk) A German enclave in central Texas For just-right spiced bratwurst and sausage, try Opa’s Smoked Meats, a family-owned shop that uses original German recipes passed down the generations and always has samples on hand. Finish off any meal with a stop at Chocolat, one of the few chocolate shops in the US that uses a classic European technique known as “liqueur praliné”, where a delicate sugar casting encases liquor, espresso, wine or other liquid fillings. The casting is then covered in chocolate to make a confection that must be eaten whole, lest the encased liquid come dribbling out.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
a small pork sausage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pork sausage
History
Etymology
Borrowed from German Bratwurst. The word is partly from braten (“to fry”) + Wurst (“sausage”), and partly from an older Middle High German brātwurst, in which brāt is an unrelated word meaning “ground meat” (compare German Brät). In modern German, the term Bratwurst is used almost exclusively for sausages fried or to be fried.
Across languages
Translations
13 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
德國碎肉香腸 /德国碎肉香肠
(Déguó suìròu xiāngcháng)
— small pork sausage
Dutch:
braadworst
— small pork sausage
Finnish:
bratwurst
— small pork sausage
French:
crépinette
— small pork sausage
German:
Bratwurst
— small pork sausage
Hungarian:
sült kolbász
— small pork sausage
Japanese:
ブラートヴルスト
(burātovurusuto)
— small pork sausage
Norwegian:
bratwurst
— small pork sausage
Portuguese:
bratwurst
— small pork sausage
Russian:
бра́твурст
(brátvurst)
— small pork sausage
Spanish:
bratwurst
— small pork sausage
Swedish:
bratwurst
— small pork sausage
Thai:
ไส้กรอกย่าง
(sai grok yang)
— small pork sausage
