The same goes to Czech (zelňačka or zelná polévka), German (Kohlsuppe or Krautsuppe), French (soupe aux choux) cuisine, Finnish (kaalikeitto) and Swedish (kålsoppa).

While commonly it is made of cabbage, dishes of the same name may be based on dock, spinach or nettle.

The mid-19th-century Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language defines borshch as "a kind of shchi" with beet sour added for tartness.

Kapuśniak is served hot, in some regions with sour cream and sprinkled with chopped parsley and dill.

In Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and its movie adaptations, the protagonist's family is so poor that one of the only foods they can afford to eat is cabbage soup.