German winemaking term
How to pronounce Trockenbeerenauslese
Trockenbeerenauslese is pronounced TROK-en-bear-en-OUS-lay-zuh, written /ˈtʁɔkənbeːʁənˌaʊsleːzə/ in the International Phonetic Alphabet. The stress falls on TROK.
TROK-en-bear-en-OUS-lay-zuh
IPA /ˈtʁɔkənbeːʁənˌaʊsleːzə/
What is Trockenbeerenauslese?
German Prädikat for intensely sweet wine from individually selected dried grapes affected by noble rot.
The name means “Dried berry selection” in German.
Tips for saying it
Often heard as TROK-en-berr-en-OUS-lay-zuh.
German ee in Beeren is a long closed ay sound, not the short e of berry: TROK-en-bear-en-OUS-lay-zuh.
Often heard as TROK-en-bear-en-OUS-lays.
The final e of Auslese is pronounced as a soft uh, and the s before it sounds like z: TROK-en-bear-en-OUS-lay-zuh.
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