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: kapusta krasnokočannaja
• polski: kapusta czerwona
• česky: zelí červené
• slovenčina: kapusta červená
• bălgarski: červeno zele
• hrvatski: crveni kupus
• srpski: crveni kupus
• slovenščina: rdeče zelje

• shqip: lakër e kuqe
• elliniko: 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 Mediterraean 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