Standard Lemma guide

weissbier

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪs.bɪə/
  • General-American: /ˈvaɪs.bɪɚ/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A Bavarian specialty beer in which a significant proportion of malted barley is replaced with malted wheat.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: white beer, wheat beer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: ale

Narrower terms: Weizenbier, Weizenbock

History

Etymology

Borrowed from German Weißbier, probably from weiß (“white”) + Bier (“beer”), but see the lemma.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: vehnäolut — specialty beer