Federweisser

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Federweißer.

Noun

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Federweisser (uncountable)

  1. Partially fermented grape must.
    • 2011 October 24, Roman Roth, “Have You Ever Tasted Federweisser?”, in NestStop Magazine[1], archived from the original on 5 March 2016:
      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.
    • 2019, Fodor's Inside Berlin[2], Fodor's Travel, →ISBN:
      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: []

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German

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Noun

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Federweisser

  1. Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of Federweißer.