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Weizenbier

wheat beer

noun VY-tsen-beer Rare
Food & Drink Drinks

Origin: compound: Weizen (wheat) + Bier (beer)

Usage Note

Weizenbier (also Weißbier) is neuter: das Weizenbier. A top-fermented beer brewed with at least 50% wheat malt. The Bavarian variety (Hefeweizen) is characterised by a yeasty, banana-and-clove flavour. Always served in tall curved glasses.

Examples

"Ein kühles Weizenbier am Feierabend – das ist Lebensqualität."

Natural Translation

A cool wheat beer after work – that is quality of life.

Literal Translation

A cool wheat beer at the end of the working day – that is quality of life.

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