Riesling
See also: riesling
English
Alternative forms
- riesling
Etymology
From German Riesling.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹiːzlɪŋ/, /ˈɹiːslɪŋ/
Noun
Riesling (plural Rieslings)
- A variety of grape grown especially in Germany and other relatively cool areas.
- A white wine made from this grape (often slightly sweet).
Translations
a variety of grape
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a white wine made from this grape
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Anagrams
- Reilings, resiling
German
![](Images/wiktionary/Riesling_grapes_leaves.jpg.webp)
Riesling grape
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Riesling white wine
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from a Middle High German variant of rueszling, perhaps ruoz (“soot”), from Old High German hruoz, from Proto-Germanic *hrōtaz (“soot”) + the suffix -ling. The semantic connection with soot would be referring to the grapes' tendency to develop black spots when ripe.[1]
There are several written references to the variety of grape dating from the 15th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʁiːslɪŋ/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Ries‧ling
Noun
Riesling m (strong, genitive Rieslings, plural Rieslinge)
- (uncountable) Riesling grape (a variety of grape grown especially in Germany and other relatively cool areas)
- Riesling (a white wine made from Riesling grapes)
Declension
Declension of Riesling [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Riesling | die | Rieslinge |
genitive | eines | des | Rieslings | der | Rieslinge |
dative | einem | dem | Riesling | den | Rieslingen |
accusative | einen | den | Riesling | die | Rieslinge |
Synonyms
- Johannisberger
- Klingelberger
- Moselriesling
- Rheinriesling
Hypernyms
- Wein
Hyponyms
- Roter Riesling
- Schwarzriesling
- Weißer Riesling
Derived terms
- Rheinriesling
- Rieslinggewächs
- Rieslingsekt
- Welschriesling
Related terms
- Eiswein
- Glühwein
- Landwein
- Qualitätswein
- Rotwein
- Tafelwein
- Weißwein
See also
- Großes Gewächs
- Silvaner
- Gewürztraminer
- Müller-Thurgau
- Gutedel
- Weißburgunder
- Grauburgunder
- Spätburgunder
- Spätlese
- Auslese
- Beerenauslese
- Trockenbeerenauslese
- Federweißer
References
- “riesling”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading
- “Riesling” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Riesling” in Duden online
- “Riesling” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon