Riesling

• riesling

From German Riesling.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːzlɪŋ/, /ˈɹiːslɪŋ/

Riesling (plural Rieslings)

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

• Reilings, resiling

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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁiːslɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: Ries‧ling

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)

• Johannisberger
• Klingelberger
• Moselriesling
• Rheinriesling

• Wein

• Roter Riesling
• Schwarzriesling
• Weißer Riesling

• Rheinriesling
• Rieslinggewächs
• Rieslingsekt
• Welschriesling

• Eiswein
• Glühwein
• Landwein
• Qualitätswein
• Rotwein
• Tafelwein
• Weißwein

• Großes Gewächs
• Silvaner
• Gewürztraminer
• Müller-Thurgau
• Gutedel
• Weißburgunder
• Grauburgunder
• Spätburgunder
• Spätlese
• Auslese
• Beerenauslese
• Trockenbeerenauslese
• Federweißer

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