Dornfelder

English

Etymology

From German Dornfelder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔːnˌfɛldɚ/

Proper noun

Dornfelder (countable and uncountable, plural Dornfelder)

1. (uncountable) A dark-skinned grape variety used for red wine, developed as a hybrid (Helfensteiner × Heroldrebe) by August Herold in 1955 at the Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau Weinsberg (State Education and Research Institute for Viticulture and Pomology Weinsberg) in Württemberg, Germany.
2. (countable and uncountable) Any wine produced from the Dornfelder grape.
3. (countable) Any discrete quantity of Dornfelder wine.

Translations

red-wine grape variety from the Württemberg region of Germany

• German: Dornfelder (de) m

wine produced from Dornfelder grapes

• German: Dornfelder (de) m

discrete quantity of Dornfelder wine

Further reading

• Dornfelder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

German

Etymology

Named for the autodidactic viticulturist Immanuel August Ludwig Dornfeld (1796–1869), progenitor of the Königliche Weinbauschule (Royal Viticultural School) in Weinsberg: Dornfeld +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdɔʁnˌfɛldɐ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Dorn‧fel‧der

Proper noun

Dornfelder m (proper noun, strong, genitive Dornfelders)

1. (countable) Dornfelder (red-wine grape variety from the Württemberg region of Germany)
2. (countable and uncountable) Dornfelder (wine produced from Dornfelder grapes)

Declension

Declension of Dornfelder [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Dornfelder	die	Dornfelder
genitive	eines	des	Dornfelders	der	Dornfelder
dative	einem	dem	Dornfelder	den	Dornfeldern
accusative	einen	den	Dornfelder	die	Dornfelder

Descendants

• → English: Dornfelder

Further reading

• “Dornfelder” in Duden online
• Dornfelder on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de