Weißer Riesling
[ˌvaɪ̯sɐ ˈʁiːslɪŋ]
The verdict
“Weißer Riesling” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a phrase. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Die heute meist als Riesling bezeichnete Rebsorte, die auf die Riesling-Urform des Roten Rieslings zurückgeht.
Corpus desk
Index DE-wei-er-riesling · Weißer Riesling · German
Weißer Riesling · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Weißer Riesling |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Phrase |
| IPA | [ˌvaɪ̯sɐ ˈʁiːslɪŋ] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Weißer Riesling“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Weißer Riesling is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aphrase, transcribed [ˌvaɪ̯sɐ ˈʁiːslɪŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Weißer Riesling, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Weißer Riesling, spelled W-E-I-S-S-E-R- -R-I-E-S-L-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1Die heute meist als Riesling bezeichnete Rebsorte, die auf die Riesling-Urform des Roten Rieslings zurückgeht.
- 2Wein aus Trauben des Weißen Rieslings
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Weißer Riesling appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„So wie Weiß- und Grauburgunder als Spielarten des Blauen Spätburgunders gelten, … so sieht Professor Rühl den Weißen Riesling als Abkömmling seines älteren roten Bruders.“
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.