Auslese

See also: auslese

German
Riesling Auslese

Etymology

aus (“out of”) +‎ Lese (“harvest”) (obviously cognate with lesen (“to read, select, pick”), which yields a high-quality connotation)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊsˌleːzə/
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Noun

Auslese f (genitive Auslese, plural Auslesen)

  1. selection, choice, pick
  2. Auslese (lit.: selected harvest). A (usually white) wine made from selected grapes which are fully ripe or even botrytized and purposefully harvested very late, so as to be extra sweet.
  3. a quality category in German wine classification

Declension
Declension of Auslese [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Auslese die Auslesen
genitive einer der Auslese der Auslesen
dative einer der Auslese den Auslesen
accusative eine die Auslese die Auslesen

Synonyms

See also

Further reading
  • “Auslese” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Auslese” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Auslese” in Duden online
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