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)

Pronunciation

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Noun

Auslese f (genitive Auslese, plural Auslesen)

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

Declension of Auslese [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Auslese	die	Auslesen
genitive	einer	der	Auslese	der	Auslesen
dative	einer	der	Auslese	den	Auslesen
accusative	eine	die	Auslese	die	Auslesen

Synonyms

• Auswahl (1.)

Related terms

• Nachlese
• Spätlese
• Beerenauslese
• Trockenbeerenauslese
• Blütenlese

See also

• Eiswein
• Glühwein
• Weißwein
• Rotwein
• Federweißer
• Landwein
• Tafelwein
• Qualitätswein
• Riesling

Further reading

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