Meaning & use
currywurst
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Meaning
nouncountable or uncountable
A German fast-food dish of sliced fried sausage covered with a spiced tomato sauce and curry powder.
Grammar: Can be countable for one portion (a currywurst) or uncountable for the food in general.
Patterns
- a currywurst
- order a currywurst
- currywurst with fries
We stopped at a street stall and ordered currywurst with a paper fork.
In Berlin, currywurst is sold everywhere, often with a bread roll on the side.
He says the currywurst here tastes better than the ones near his office.
Word forms
| plural | currywursts |
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Common combinations
- order a currywurst
- We ordered a currywurst each and shared a portion of fries.
- Berlin currywurst
- Berlin currywurst usually comes with a generous amount of sauce.
- currywurst with fries
- The stand sells currywurst with fries for about five euros.
- a currywurst stand
- There is a currywurst stand right outside the station.
- currywurst sauce
- The currywurst sauce is sweet, spicy and slightly smoky.
Synonyms and how they differ
- sausage
- A general word for the meat part only; currywurst is a specific dish made from sliced sausage with sauce.
Word family
- wurst noun
- A German-style sausage, the base meat used in this dish.
Commonly confused: currywurst or bratwurst?
currywurst vs bratwurst
Bratwurst is a grilled German sausage usually eaten in a roll without curry sauce, while currywurst is sliced and served with sauce.
Practice
Which sentence uses currywurst correctly?
Choose one answer.
Currywurst is a food noun, so it fits 'ordered a currywurst'. Option 2 uses the wrong partitive, option 3 uses it as a verb, and option 4 treats it as a person, which is impossible.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “currywurst”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.