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Hefeweizen

unfiltered wheat beer; hefe-weizen (yeast wheat beer)

noun HAY-feh-VY-tsen Rare
Food & Drink Drinks

Usage Note

Hefeweizen ('yeast wheat') is the cloudy, bottle-conditioned variant of Bavarian wheat beer, with a characteristic yeasty, banana-clove aroma. Always poured slowly to capture the yeast sediment in the glass.

Examples

"Er rollt die Hefeweizenflasche erst sanft, bevor er einschenkt."

Natural Translation

He gently rolls the hefeweizen bottle first before pouring.

Literal Translation

He rolls the hefeweizen bottle first gently, before he pours.

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