Beerenauslese

German
Riesling Beerenauslese

Etymology

From Beere +‎ Auslese.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈbeːʀənˌʔaʊ̯sleːzə]
  • Audio(file)

Noun

Beerenauslese f (genitive Beerenauslese, plural Beerenauslesen)

  1. Beerenauslese (lit.: selected harvest of berries). A (usually white) wine made from individually picked grapes which are fully ripe and even botrytized, i.e. affected by noble rot (Edelfäule). These grapes are purposefully harvested very late, so as to be extra sweet.
  2. A quality category in German and Austrian wine classification. Among the different Prädikatswein categories the Beerenauslese is placed above Auslese and below Trockenbeerenauslese.

Declension
Declension of Beerenauslese
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Beerenauslese die Beerenauslesen
genitive einer der Beerenauslese der Beerenauslesen
dative einer der Beerenauslese den Beerenauslesen
accusative eine die Beerenauslese die Beerenauslesen

Derived terms

See also

Further reading
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.