Gewürztraminer

See also: gewurztraminer

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gewürztraminer, from Gewürz (“spice”) + Traminer that is from "Tramin an der Weinstraße" in South Tyrol.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): [ɡəˈvɝtstɹəˌmiːnɚ]

Noun

Gewürztraminer (countable and uncountable, plural Gewürztraminers)

1. (uncountable) An aromatic white wine grape variety that grows best in cooler climates.
2. (countable) A wine made from this grape.
   • 2024, Susie Dent, Guilty By Definition, Zaffre, page 198:

     Martha picked up her wine and sipped from it; it was a Gewürztraminer, and for a moment she was in Leipzig, drinking the same wine from a glass with a twisted green stem at a bar just outside the cathedral.

German

Gewürztraminer

Gewürztraminer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡəˈvʏɐ̯tstʀaˌmiːnɐ]

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Proper noun

Gewürztraminer

1. Gewürztraminer (an aromatic grape variety, used in white wines, performing best in cooler areas)
2. Gewürztraminer (a white wine made from this grape)

Synonyms

• Roter Traminer
• Klevner, Clevner

Related terms

• Gewürz

See also

• Riesling
• Silvaner
• Müller-Thurgau
• Gutedel
• Burgunder
  • Weißburgunder
  • Grauburgunder
  • Spätburgunder
• Spätlese
• Auslese
  • Beerenauslese
    • Trockenbeerenauslese
• Federweißer
• Wein
  • Weißwein
  • Rotwein
  • Landwein
  • Tafelwein
  • Qualitätswein
  • Eiswein
  • Glühwein