Messwein

See also: Meßwein

German

Messwein

Alternative forms

• Meßwein

Etymology

From Mess +‎ Wein. Compare Dutch miswijn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛsˌvaɪ̯n/

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• Hyphenation: Mess‧wein

Noun

Messwein m (strong, genitive Messweines or Messweins, plural Messweine)

1. (Roman Catholicism) sacramental wine, Communion wine, altar wine (wine obtained from grapes and intended for use in celebration of the Eucharist)

   Synonym: Altarwein

Declension

Declension of Messwein [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Messwein	die	Messweine
genitive	eines	des	Messweines, Messweins	der	Messweine
dative	einem	dem	Messwein, Messweine1	den	Messweinen
accusative	einen	den	Messwein	die	Messweine

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Messwein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Messwein” in Duden online
• “Messwein”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Messwein” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon