a thick, highly seasoned sausage
Origin of knackwurst
German from knacken, to crack, burst (prob. ultimately akin to Indo-European base an unverified form gneu?-, from source knock) + wurst, sausageknackwurst
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knackwurst
or knock·wurst
noun
A short, thick, highly seasoned sausage.
Origin of knackwurst
German knacken to crack ( from Middle High German) ( of imitative origin ) Wurst sausage ; see wurst .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural knackwursts)
- A highly seasoned scalded sausage made from beef, pork, and fatty tissue similar to a frankfurter, but shorter and thicker.
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