Auslese

See also: auslese

German
Riesling Auslese

Etymology

aus (“out of”) +‎ Lese (“harvest”) (obviously cognate with lesen (“to read, select, pick”), which yields a high-quality connotation)

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Noun

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  1. selection, choice, pick
  2. Auslese (lit.: selected harvest). A (usually white) wine made from selected grapes which are fully ripe or even botrytized and purposefully harvested very late, so as to be extra sweet.
  3. a quality category in German wine classification

Declension

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See also

Further reading
  • “Auslese” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Auslese” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Auslese” in Duden online
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