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Gewürztraminer

[ guh-voorts-truh-mee-ner; German guh-vyrts-trah-mee-nuhr ]

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noun

a type of white grape used in winemaking.
a dry white table wine of Germany, the Alsace region of France, and northern California.

Gewürztraminer

/ ɡəˌvyrtsˈtraminər; ɡəˌvɜːtsˈtræmɪnə /

noun

a white grape grown in Alsace, Germany, and elsewhere, used for making wine
any of various fragrant white wines made from this grape

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Gewürztraminer¹

< German, equivalent to Gewürz spice, seasoning (derivative of Würze spice; wort ¹ ) + Traminer a wine and grape variety of the South Tirol, after Tramin a wine-growing district there; -er ¹

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Gewürztraminer¹

German, from Gewürz spice, seasoning + Traminer a variety of grape first grown in the Tramin area of the South Tyrol

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