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Dornfelder

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Dornfelder (countable and uncountable, plural Dornfelder)

  1. (uncountable) A dark-skinned grape variety used for red wine, developed as a hybrid (Helfensteiner × Heroldrebe) by August Herold in 1955 at the Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau Weinsberg (State Education and Research Institute for Viticulture and Pomology Weinsberg) in Württemberg, Germany.
  2. (countable and uncountable) Any wine produced from the Dornfelder grape.
  3. (countable) Any discrete quantity of Dornfelder wine.

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Etymology edit

Named for the autodidactic viticulturist Immanuel August Ludwig Dornfeld (1796–1869), progenitor of the Königliche Weinbauschule (Royal Viticultural School) in Weinsberg: Dornfeld +‎ -er.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈdɔʁnˌfɛldɐ]
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  • Hyphenation: Dorn‧fel‧der

Proper noun edit

Dornfelder m (proper noun, strong, genitive Dornfelders)

  1. (countable) Dornfelder (red-wine grape variety from the Württemberg region of Germany)
  2. (countable and uncountable) Dornfelder (wine produced from Dornfelder grapes)

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Declension of Dornfelder [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Dornfelder die Dornfelder
genitive eines des Dornfelders der Dornfelder
dative einem dem Dornfelder den Dornfeldern
accusative einen den Dornfelder die Dornfelder

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  • → English: Dornfelder

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