Meanings
alternative federweisser · alternative Federweißer
- uncountablePartially fermented grape must.
That's why Federweisser, while delicious, is famously dangerous: caps are not screwed tightly to allow the gases to escape, so be careful to keep it upright. What's more, the longer you keep it around, the drunker you'll be: […]
2019, Fodor's Inside Berlin, Fodor's Travel, →ISBN1 more example
Federweisser is not one of the ever newly-emerging, unpronounceable varietals like Frühroter Veltliner, Kerner, […]. It is a beverage rich in history and is made of freshly fermenting grape juice from just-pressed grapes that you can drink during all the stages of fermentation.
2011 October 24, Roman Roth, “Have You Ever Tasted Federweisser?”, in NestStop Magazine, archived from the original on 05 Mar 2016
Origin
- GermanFederweißer
- EnglishFederweisser
Borrowed from German Federweißer.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Czech burčák
- burčákpartially fermented grape must
Esperanto nova vino
- nova vinopartially fermented grape must
French vin bourru
- vin bourrupartially fermented grape must
German Federweißer
- Federweißerpartially fermented grape must
Russian новое вино
- новое вино (novoje vino)partially fermented grape must
Slovak burčiak
- burčiakpartially fermented grape must
Cite this entry
Federweisser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Federweisser
“Federweisser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Federweisser. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Federweisser,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Federweisser.
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