weissbier
weiss·bier/ˈvaɪs.bɪɚ/noun
weissbier is spelled W-E-I-S-S-B-I-E-R: 9 letters and 2 syllables (weiss·bier). It appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, weissbier means “A Bavarian specialty beer in which a significant proportion of malted barley is replaced with malted wheat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of weissbier is weissbiers.
How many letters and syllables are in weissbier?
| Letters | 9: W-E-I-S-S-B-I-E-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: weiss·bier |
| In writing | about once in every 52 million words; the 225,584th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is weissbier?
Weissbier appears about once in every 52 million words in written English, the 225,584th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce weissbier?
- UK /ˈvaɪs.bɪə/
- US /ˈvaɪs.bɪɚ/
Weissbier has 2 syllables, split weiss·bier in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-weissbier.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of weissbier
- weissbiers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does weissbier mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A Bavarian specialty beer in which a significant proportion of malted barley is replaced with malted wheat.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does weissbier come from?
Borrowed from German Weißbier, probably from weiß (“white”) + Bier (“beer”), but see the lemma.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).