Gewürztraminer

US[ɡəˈvɝtstɹəˌmiːnɚ]

noun

An aromatic white wine grape variety that grows best in cooler climates.

OriginGerman Gewürztraminer →
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Meanings

nounGewürztraminer (countable and uncountable, plural Gewürztraminers)

plural Gewürztraminers

  1. uncountableAn aromatic white wine grape variety that grows best in cooler climates.
  2. countableA wine made from this grape.

    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.

    2024, Susie Dent, Guilty By Definition, Zaffre, page 198

Origin

  1. GermanGewürztraminer
  2. EnglishGewürztraminer

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

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Translations

Bulgarian траминер, гевюрцтраминер
  • траминер (traminer)grape variety
  • гевюрцтраминер (gevjurctraminer)grape variety
  • розов траминер (rozov traminer)grape variety
  • траминер (traminer)wine from the grape variety
  • гевюрцтраминер (gevjurctraminer)wine from the grape variety
  • розов траминер (rozov traminer)wine from the grape variety
Cite this entry
APA

Gewürztraminer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gew%C3%BCrztraminer

MLA

“Gewürztraminer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gew%C3%BCrztraminer. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Gewürztraminer,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gew%C3%BCrztraminer.

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