Etymology

gose

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Today it means: A beer brewed since the 16th century, in Goslar and later Leipzig, with malted wheat, salt, and coriander. Full definition →

German Gose
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  1. German · borrowed fromGose
  2. English todaygose

From German Gose, the name of the beer, from the name of the river Gose which flows through Goslar and from which its brewers took water to make it.

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