Etymology

unterhefe

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Today it means: The yeast that forms at the bottom of the vat. Full definition →

German Unterhefe
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  1. German · borrowed fromUnterhefe
  2. English todayunterhefe

German Unterhefe (literally “under-yeast”)

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