Federweisser

See also: Federweißer

English

Alternative forms

• federweisser, Federweißer

Etymology

Borrowed from German Federweißer.

Noun

Federweisser (uncountable)

1. Partially fermented grape must.
   • 2011 October 24, Roman Roth, “Have You Ever Tasted Federweisser?”, in NestStop Magazine‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 March 2016:

     Federweisser is not one of the ever newly-emerging, unpronounceable varietals like Frühroter Veltliner, Kerner, […] . It is a beverage rich in history and is made of freshly fermenting grape juice from just-pressed grapes that you can drink during all the stages of fermentation.

   • 2019, Fodor's Inside Berlin‎^[2], Fodor's Travel, →ISBN:

     That's why Federweisser, while delicious, is famously dangerous: caps are not screwed tightly to allow the gases to escape, so be careful to keep it upright. What's more, the longer you keep it around, the drunker you'll be: […]

Translations

partially fermented grape must

• Armenian: մաճառ (hy) (mačaṙ)
• Czech: burčák (cs) m
• Esperanto: nova vino f
• French: vin bourru m
• Georgian: მაჭარი (mač̣ari)
• German: Federweißer (de) m
• Luxembourgish: Fiederwäissen
• Russian: новое вино (novoje vino)
• Slovak: burčiak m

Further reading

• Federweisser on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Noun

Federweisser

1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Federweißer.