Spätlese

German
Riesling Spätlese

Etymology

From spät (“late”) +‎ Lese (“harvest”). Cognate with lesen (“to read, select, pick”), which yields a high-quality connotation.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɛːtˌleːzə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Spät‧le‧se

Noun

Spätlese f (genitive Spätlese, plural Spätlesen)

  1. (literally) a late harvest, at the end of or after the normal harvesting season
  2. (metonymically) a (usually white) wine made from grapes which are purposefully harvested very late, so as to be extra sweet

Declension
Declension of Spätlese [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Spätlese die Spätlesen
genitive einer der Spätlese der Spätlesen
dative einer der Spätlese den Spätlesen
accusative eine die Spätlese die Spätlesen

See also

Further reading
  • “Spätlese” in Duden online
  • “Spätlese” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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