Brassica oleracea Rubra Group (Common names)

Brassica oleracea Red Cabbage Group

Brassica oleracea Groupe Chou rouge

Names in common use

• English: red cabbage
• Deutsch: Rotkohl, Rotkraut; Rotkabis (CH); Rotkraut (Au)
• nederlands: rode kool, rodekool
• svensk: rödkål
• dansk: rødkål
• norsk: rødkål (bok.); raudkål (nyn.)
• íslenska: rauðkál
  

• français: chou rouge
• italiano: cavolo rosso
• español: col roja, col morada
• català: col roja, col morada
• português: repolho roxo
• română: varză roşie
  

• ruskij: капуста краснокочанная - kapusta krasnokočannaja
• polski: kapusta czerwona
• česky: zelí červené
• slovenčina: kapusta červená
• bălgarski: червено зеле, червено главесто зеле - červeno zele, červeno glavesto zele
• hrvatski: crveni kupus
• srpski: црвени купус - crveni kupus
• slovenščina: rdeče zelje
  

• shqip: lakër e kuqe (lakra e kuqe with article)
• elliniko: κόκκινο λάχανο - kokkino lakhano
• türkçe: kırmızı baş lâhana
• magyar: vöröskáposzta, vereskáposzta
• suomi: punakaali
  

Sources and commentaries

Red cabbage is mostly used (raw and cooked) in northern Europe. It is quite unknown in Mediterranean regions of Europe.

• Deutsch:
  • Rotkraut (auch Blaukraut genannt) (Dassler, 1956).
  • Rotkraut, Blaukraut, Rotkohl ((Becker-Dillingen, 1956).
  • Rotkohl (northern German), Blaukraut (Bayern and Austria), roter Kappes (Rhine region) (Hegi)
• italiano:
  • sometimes called crauti when preserved in salt. MC