Phrase guide

liver sausage

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Spreadable sausage made with liver.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

sausage containing ground liver

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: liver pudding, liverwurst

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: sausage

History

Etymology

Calque of German Leberwurst.

Across languages

Translations

10 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: лебервурст (lebervurst) — spreadable sausage
  • Dutch: leverworst — spreadable sausage
  • Finnish: maksamakkara — spreadable sausage
  • German: Leberwurst — spreadable sausage
  • Low German: Lebberwust — spreadable sausage
  • Low German: Leverwust — spreadable sausage
  • Low German: Läverwust — spreadable sausage
  • Persian: جگرآکند (jegar-âkand) — spreadable sausage
  • Polish: wątrobianka — spreadable sausage
  • Russian: ли́верная колбаса́ (lívernaja kolbasá) — spreadable sausage