Spätlese
German, noun/ˈʃpɛːtˌleːzə/
Spätlese is spelled S-P-Ä-T-L-E-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spätlese is a German feminine noun meaning “a late harvest, at the end of or after the normal harvesting season” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Lese vollreifer Trauben nach der regulären Weinlese”.
What does Spätlese mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininea late harvest, at the end of or after the normal harvesting season
- 2
femininea (usually white) wine made from grapes which are purposefully harvested very late, so as to be extra sweet
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. die Lese vollreifer Trauben nach der regulären Weinlese 2. ein Prädikatswein, der aus der Lese vollreifer Trauben hergestellt wurde
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 Spätlese
- Spätlesen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Spätlese?
- /ˈʃpɛːtˌleːzə/
- [ˈʃpɛːtˌleːzə]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Spätlese in German?
Spätlese appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).