German tasting term
How to pronounce Trocken
Trocken is pronounced TROK-en, written /ˈtʁɔkən/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet. The stress falls on TROK.
TROK-en
IPA /ˈtʁɔkən/
What is Trocken?
Dry style in German wine with maximum 9 g/L residual sugar.
The name means “Dry” in German.
Tips for saying it
Often heard as TROH-ken.
Before ck, German o is short and open, as in British 'lock', not long oh: TROK-en.
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