Hefeweizen
German, noun[ˈheːfəˌvaɪ̯t͡sn̩]
Hefeweizen is spelled H-E-F-E-W-E-I-Z-E-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 107,140th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hefeweizen is a German neuter noun meaning “hefeweizen (unfiltered type of wheat beer)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Weizenbier, das durch die Gärung von Hefen und Milchsäurebakterien entsteht”.
What does Hefeweizen mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterhefeweizen (unfiltered type of wheat beer)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Weizenbier, das durch die Gärung von Hefen und Milchsäurebakterien entsteht
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Hefeweizen
- Hefeweizens genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Hefeweizen?
- [ˈheːfəˌvaɪ̯t͡sn̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Hefeweizen in German?
Hefeweizen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).