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🍷 A German wine 🏞️ From the Rhine area
Rhenish

Rhenish

1 8.0
A white wine from the Rhine valley in Germany
  • noun
  • /ˈrɛnɪʃ/
translation icon : rheno
  • We enjoyed a glass of Rhenish wine with our dinner last night.
  • Rhenish wine

Examples

  • Bring a couple of pots of Rhenish wine.

    Academic text (1996)

  • A bumper of rhenish for my lord Montrose And show Mr. Cunningham what blades we have.

    Rob Roy (1995)

  • "So let us go to a cask of Rhenish wine, or mayhap a jar of the Hollander's harsher brew!

    Fiction book (1999)

  • The restaurant offered a fine selection of Rhenish wines from the Rhine River valley.

  • He praised the rich flavors of the Rhenish wine during the tasting session.

Synonyms

hock
vsRhenish
  • Archaic
5 9.2

A white wine from the Rhine valley in Germany

is the same but used as a general English name rather than British
Rhine wine
vsRhenish
7.4

A white wine from the Rhine River region of Germany often called hock

is the same but sometimes called differently in British English

Surface Forms

Rhenish singular
Rhenishes plural

Morphology

Rhenish = Rhine (transparent) = Rhine + ish

The adjective is formed by adding the productive suffix '-ish' to the place name 'Rhine', indicating relation to that region.

Etymology

Rhenish for a wine comes from the name of the Rhine river in Germany and originally meant 'from the Rhine'. So a Rhenish wine is simply a wine made in the Rhine valley, especially the white wines the region is known for.