Riesling
See also: riesling
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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).
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a variety of grape
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a white wine made from this grape
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Etymology edit
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.
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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)
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Declension of Riesling [masculine, strong]
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- Großes Gewächs
- Silvaner
- Gewürztraminer
- Müller-Thurgau
- Gutedel
- Weißburgunder
- Grauburgunder
- Spätburgunder
- Spätlese
- Auslese
- Beerenauslese
- Trockenbeerenauslese
- Federweißer
References edit
- ^ “riesling”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.