Goetta

noun

Goet·​ta ˈge-tə 

variants or goetta

: meat (such as pork) mixed with oats, onions, and spices and fried in the form of a patty

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from a western Low German word, as Westphalian (west Münsterland) Götte, Gotte "groats, hulled grain with part of the bran removed, hulled oats," going back to Middle Low German görte, metathesized form of grütte "groats," going back to Germanic *grutjō- — more at grits

First Known Use

1947, in the meaning defined above