Riesling

See also: riesling

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From German Riesling.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɹiːzlɪŋ/, /ˈɹiːslɪŋ/

Noun

Riesling (plural Rieslings)

  1. A variety of grape grown especially in Germany and other relatively cool areas.
  2. A white wine made from this grape (often slightly sweet).

Translations

Anagrams

German
Riesling grape
Riesling white wine

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(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ries‧ling

Noun

Riesling m (strong, genitive Rieslings, plural Rieslinge)

  1. (uncountable) Riesling grape (a variety of grape grown especially in Germany and other relatively cool areas)
  2. Riesling (a white wine made from Riesling grapes)

Declension
Declension of Riesling [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Riesling die Rieslinge
genitive eines des Rieslings der Rieslinge
dative einem dem Riesling den Rieslingen
accusative einen den Riesling die Rieslinge

Synonyms

Hypernyms

Hyponyms
  • Roter Riesling
  • Schwarzriesling
  • Weißer Riesling

Derived terms
  • Rheinriesling
  • Rieslinggewächs
  • Rieslingsekt
  • Welschriesling

See also

References
  1. “riesling”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading
  • “Riesling” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Riesling” in Duden online
  • “Riesling” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
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