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Beilagengemüse

side dish of vegetables

noun BY-la-gen-geh-mue-zeh Rare
Food & Drink Dishes

Usage Note

Beilagengemüse refers to cooked or prepared vegetables served alongside the main protein and starch on a German plate. Common examples include Erbsenpüree, gedünsteter Kohlrabi, or Rotkohl; it is a distinct component of the classic German dinner plate.

Examples

"Als Beilagengemüse zum Braten gab es gebuttertes grünes Bohnengemüse mit Speckstreifen."

Natural Translation

As a vegetable side dish to the roast, there were buttered green bean vegetables with strips of bacon.

Literal Translation

As side-dish-vegetable to the roast gave it buttered green bean-vegetable with bacon-strips.

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