Spätlese

German

Etymology

From spät (“late”) +‎ Lese (“harvest”). Cognate with lesen (“to read, select, pick”), which yields a high-quality connotation.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpɛːtˌleːzə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Spät‧le‧se

Noun

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  1. (literally) a late harvest, at the end of or after the normal harvesting season
  2. (metonymically) a (usually white) wine made from grapes which are purposefully harvested very late, so as to be extra sweet

Declension

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See also

Further reading
  • “Spätlese” in Duden online
  • “Spätlese” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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