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English translation: liver sausage

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German term or phrase:	leberwurst
English translation:	liver sausage
Entered by:	xxxIanW

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09:48 Nov 5, 2003

German to English translations [Non-PRO]

German term or phrase: leberwurst

what is leberwurst

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liver sausage

Explanation:
or "liverwurst" in US English

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It\'s also quite like liver pâté

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Note added at 10 mins (2003-11-05 09:59:05 GMT)
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Here\'s what it looks like:
http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3634644034...

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xxxIanW
Germany
Local time: 02:35

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Summary of answers provided
4 +15	liver sausage	xxxIanW
4 +2	be aware of the context	Tobi
4	liver pate	Colin Newberry

Answers

6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

be aware of the context

Explanation:
'leberwurst' is often used in the context of 'beleidigte leberwurst' which means to be in a huff or to sulk

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if it is used in the food context, ian is absolutely right

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here\'s a picture:

http://www.fleischerei-hildebrandt.de/Shop/10070b.jpg

Tobi
Germany
Local time: 02:35
Native speaker of:

German
PRO pts in pair: 313

2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +15

Leberwurst

liver sausage

xxxIanW
Germany
Local time: 02:35
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 2468

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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

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Alan Johnson: That's it.

0 min

agree

Tobi

1 min

agree

writeaway: or liverworst-it's just awful. ;-)

3 mins

agree

Sarah Downing

8 mins

agree

jerrie

10 mins

agree

Anna Bittner

16 mins

agree

lamars: not liver sausage, it's actually a spread

19 mins

-> Yes, but it's called "liver sausage" in English.

agree

Monika Leit

24 mins

agree

Steffen Walter

33 mins

agree

Vanessa Schlueter

1 hr

agree

AngieD

1 hr

agree

Nicole Tata

3 hrs

agree

Hermann

3 hrs

disagree

olga1921: it is usually a spread which is often sold in a sausage shape - so pate better?

6 hrs

-> See my response to lamars (above)

agree

Colin Newberry: My mum in GB calls it "sausage", I call it "pate" (excuse lack of accents), and my Gordon Setter loves it.

14 hrs

agree

Anglo-German: Olga, you mean Leberpastete.

18 hrs

agree

Mario Marcolin: Try Blut- und Leberwurst, not bad at all..

22 hrs

1 day2 hrs confidence:

liver pate

Explanation:
Olga is right. It's sold in sausage shape - or you can have a slice cut off - and it's as fine as pate (eg Kalbsleberwurst).

Colin Newberry
Germany
Local time: 02:35
Native speaker of:

English,

German
PRO pts in pair: 30

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