Riesling
See also: riesling
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
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
Anagrams
German
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 (Germany): (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]
Synonyms
- Johannisberger
- Klingelberger
- Moselriesling
- Rheinriesling
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Roter Riesling, Schwarzriesling, Weißer Riesling
Derived terms
- Rheinriesling
- Rieslinggewächs
- Rieslingsekt
- Welschriesling
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: Riesling
- → Catalan: riesling
- → Danish: Riesling
- → Dutch: Riesling
- → French: riesling
- → Hungarian: rizling
- → Italian: Riesling
- → Polish: Riesling
- → Portuguese: Riesling
- → Romanian: riesling
- → Russian: рислинг (risling)
- → Swedish: Riesling
See also
- Großes Gewächs, Federweißer
- Silvaner, Gewürztraminer, Müller-Thurgau
- Gutedel, Weißburgunder, Grauburgunder, Spätburgunder
- Spätlese, Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese
References
- ^ “riesling”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.