Roter Riesling

[ˌʁoːtɐ ˈʁiːslɪŋ]

/[ˌʁoːtɐ ˈʁiːslɪŋ]/ phrase

The verdict

“Roter Riesling” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a phrase - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Eine uralte Weißwein-Rebsorte (!), die als Urform des heutigen Weißen Rieslings - meistens nur Riesling genannt - gilt. Im Gegensatz zum gewohnten Weißen Riesling verfärben sich die Beeren des Rote...

Key facts for Roter Riesling
PropertyValue
HeadwordRoter Riesling
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPhrase
IPA[ˌʁoːtɐ ˈʁiːslɪŋ]
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Roter Riesling” sits in German frequency

Roter Riesling falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Roter Riesling is 14 letters long, classified as a phrase, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌʁoːtɐ ˈʁiːslɪŋ]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No misspelling variants are generated for Roter Riesling in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Roter Riesling, spelled R-O-T-E-R- -R-I-E-S-L-I-N-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Eine uralte Weißwein-Rebsorte (!), die als Urform des heutigen Weißen Rieslings - meistens nur Riesling genannt - gilt. Im Gegensatz zum gewohnten Weißen Riesling verfärben sich die Beeren des Roten Rieslings von Grün ins Rote und haben bei Erntereife eine ins Bläuliche spielende Färbung. Das gekelterte Endergebnis ist ein weißer Wein.
  2. 2
    Wein aus Trauben des Roten Rieslings.

Synonyms

Rotriesling

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Roter Riesling"?
"Roter Riesling" is spelled R-O-T-E-R- -R-I-E-S-L-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌʁoːtɐ ˈʁiːslɪŋ].
What does "Roter Riesling" mean?
As a phrase, "Roter Riesling" means: Eine uralte Weißwein-Rebsorte (!), die als Urform des heutigen Weißen Rieslings - meistens nur Riesling genannt - gilt. Im Gegensatz zum gewohnten Weißen Riesling verfärben sich die Beeren des Rote...
How do you pronounce "Roter Riesling"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Roter Riesling" is [ˌʁoːtɐ ˈʁiːslɪŋ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Using “Roter Riesling”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is R-O-T-E-R- -R-I-E-S-L-I-N-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˌʁoːtɐ ˈʁiːslɪŋ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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