Brassica oleracea Capitata Group (Common names)

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Brassica oleracea White Cabbage Group

Brassica oleracea Groupe Chou blanc

Names in common use


  • English: cabbage, white cabbage
  • German: Weisskohl, Weisskraut; Weisskabis (CH); Weisskraut (Au)
  • Dutch: witte kool, wittekool
  • Swedish: vitkål
  • Danish: hvidkål
  • Norwegian: hvitkål (bok.); kvitkål (nyn.)
  • Icelandic: hvítkál


  • French: chou blanc, chou cabus, chou pommé
  • Italian: cavolo bianco, cavolo cappuccio; cabis (CH)
  • Spanish: col, repollo, col de repollo
  • Catalan: col de cabdell
  • Portuguese: repolho
  • Romanian: varză albă


  • Russian: капуста белокочанная - kapusta belokočannaja
  • Polish: kapusta biała, kapusta głowiasta
  • Czech: zelí bílé, zelí hlávkové bílé
  • Slovak: kapusta bielá
  • Bulgarian: бяло зеле, бяло главесто зеле - bjalo zele, bjalo glavesto zele
  • Croatian: beli kupus, bijeli kupus, belo zelje, bijelo zelje
  • Serb: купус, бели купус - kupus, beli kupus
  • Slovenian: belo zelje


  • Albanian: lakër e bardhë (lakra e bardhë with article)
  • Greek: ἁσπρο λάχανο, μἁππα, μἁπα - aspro lakhano, mapa
  • Turkish: beyaz baş lâhana
  • Hungarian: fejeskáposzta, fehér fejeskáposzta
  • Finnish: kupukaali

Sources and commentaries

The standard form of white cabbage has whitish leaves and is very compact. Some forms have green outer leaves, and can bear other names, such as :

  • English: winter cabbage, autumn cabbage
  • French: chou vert