Rotwein

German

Etymology

rot (“red”) +‎ Wein (“wine”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʁoːtvaɪ̯n/

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• Hyphenation: Rot‧wein
• Rhymes: -aɪ̯n

Noun

Rotwein m (strong, genitive Rotweines or Rotweins, plural Rotweine)

1. (beverage) red wine (red-coloured wine made mostly from black grapes, including the skin)

   Antonym: Weißwein

Declension

Declension of Rotwein [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Rotwein	die	Rotweine
genitive	eines	des	Rotweines, Rotweins	der	Rotweine
dative	einem	dem	Rotwein, Rotweine1	den	Rotweinen
accusative	einen	den	Rotwein	die	Rotweine

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

• Eiswein
• Glühwein
• Landwein
• Qualitätswein
• Tafelwein
• Weißwein

See also

• Federweißer

Further reading

• “Rotwein” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Rotwein” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Rotwein” in Duden online
• Rotwein on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de