German tasting term
How to pronounce Halbtrocken
Halbtrocken is pronounced HALP-trok-en, written /ˈhalpˌtʁɔkən/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet. The stress falls on HALP.
HALP-trok-en
IPA /ˈhalpˌtʁɔkən/
What is Halbtrocken?
Half-dry style in German wine with 9-18 g/L residual sugar.
The name means “Half-dry” in German.
Tips for saying it
Often heard as HAHLF-trok-en.
Halb is not 'half': at the end of a syllable the German b sounds like a p: HALP-trok-en.
Often heard as HALP-troh-ken.
Before ck the German o is short and open, like the o in British 'lot': HALP-trok-en.
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