Weißburgunder
[ˈvaɪ̯sbʊʁˌɡʊndɐ]
The verdict
“Weißburgunder” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weiße Rebsorte
Corpus desk
Index DE-wei-burgunder · Weißburgunder · German
Weißburgunder · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Weißburgunder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈvaɪ̯sbʊʁˌɡʊndɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Weißburgunder“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Weißburgunder is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈvaɪ̯sbʊʁˌɡʊndɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Weißburgunder, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Weißburgunder, spelled W-E-I-S-S-B-U-R-G-U-N-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1weiße Rebsorte
- 2Weißweinsorte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Weißburgunder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Güter wie Klören in Laubenheim, … pflanzen inzwischen die immer beliebtere Weißburgunderrebe auf schwerem Boden, der für Riesling ungeeignet ist. Weißburgunder löst auch auf einigen Parzellen des herausragenden Weinguts Dönnhof in Oberhausen den Müller-Thurgau ab.“
„Die alte Schule sagt: Weißburgunder verträgt kein Holz, sondern braucht den reduktiven Ausbau zum schlanken, frischen Wein. … Doch der Weißburgunder aus dem Barrique hat ganz eigene Qualitäten, und eine geringe Dosage Barrique-Weißburgunder zurückverschnitten gibt dem etwas kantigen Weißen einen Hauch von Schmelz …“
Synonyms
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.