Curry

See also: curry

English

Alternative forms

• Corey, Corry (Irish surname from Ó Comhraidhe)

Proper noun

Curry

1. A surname from Irish, anglicized from Irish Ó Comhraidhe.
   • 2025 March 11, Matias Grez, “Steph Curry accepts assistant general manager role at alma mater Davidson College”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Golden State Warriors star Steph Curry has accepted the role of assistant general manager for the basketball programs at alma mater Davidson College.

2. An Irish surname, a variant of Corr.
3. An Irish surname, a variant of Currie.
4. A Scottish surname from Scottish Gaelic, a variant of Currie.
5. A village and townland in County Sligo, Ireland.
6. A locale in the United States.
   1. An unincorporated community in Pike County, Alabama.
   2. An unincorporated community in Talladega County, Alabama.
   3. An unincorporated community in Walker County, Alabama.
   4. A ghost town in Alaska.

Derived terms

• Curry County

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Curry is the 436^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 74,919 individuals. Curry is most common among White (59.18%) and Black (34.93%) individuals.

See also

• Curry Mallet
• Curry Rivel
• North Curry

German

Curry

Etymology

Late 18th century, from English curry, from Tamil கறி (kaṟi). One of the few words in which the representation of English /ʌ/ by German /œ/, which was formerly common, remains usual (in this case perhaps reinforced by a "Hurry-furry" merging pronunciation used by some English speakers in North America, /kɜɹi/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkœʁi/

• Audio:

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Noun

Curry n or m (strong, genitive Currys or Curry, plural Currys)

1. curry (sauce or relish flavored with curry powder)
2. curry powder

   Synonym: Currypulver

Declension

Declension of Curry [neuter // masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das, der	Curry	die	Currys
genitive	eines	des	Currys, Curry	der	Currys
dative	einem	dem	Curry	den	Currys
accusative	ein, einen	das, den	Curry	die	Currys

Derived terms

• Curryketchup
• Currypulver
• Currywurst

Noun

Curry f (genitive Curry, plural Currys)

1. (colloquial) ellipsis of Currywurst

   Eine Curry mit Pommes, bitte! ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   • 2025 February 21, Simone Schmollack, “AfD in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg: Der stabile Klischee-Kiez”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎^[2], →ISSN:

     Wer hier großzügig wohnt, besitzt nicht selten eine Eigentumswohnung, häufig bezahlt von Mutti und Vati. Samstagvormittag stiefelt man zum Kollwitzmarkt auf eine Curry mit Schampus.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “Curry” in Duden online
• “Curry” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache