Plockwurst

== German == === Etymology === From Low German Plockwost. For the first element there are three explanations: (1) from Middle Low German plock, pluck (“post, stake”), cognate of German Pflock, due to its shape, which is reminiscent of a fence post; (2) from a variant of Block (“block”); (3) from a Low German word for “lump of fat”, in turn likely from Middle Low German plücken (“to pluck”), cognate of German pflücken; perhaps comparable to English pluck (“entrails”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈplɔkˌvʊʁst], [-ˌvʊɐ̯st] Hyphenation: Plock‧wurst === Noun === Plockwurst f (genitive Plockwurst, plural Plockwürste) a kind of seasoned and smoked sausage made from pork and beef, similar to cervelat or salami ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: plokworst === Further reading === “Plockwurst”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Plockwurst” in Duden online