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Dornfelder

/ˈdɔːnˌfɛldɚ/

Dornfelder proper noun: a dark-skinned grape variety used for red wine, developed as a hybrid (Helfensteiner × Heroldrebe) by August Herold in 1955 at the Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau Weinsberg (State Education and Research Institute for Viticulture and Pomology Weinsberg) in Württemberg, Germany.

Proper noun

Dornfelder (countable and uncountable, plural Dornfelder)

  1. (uncountable) A dark-skinned grape variety used for red wine, developed as a hybrid (Helfensteiner × Heroldrebe) by August Herold in 1955 at the Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau Weinsberg (State Education and Research Institute for Viticulture and Pomology Weinsberg) in Württemberg, Germany.
  2. Any wine produced from the Dornfelder grape.
  3. (countable) Any discrete quantity of Dornfelder wine.

Forms of Dornfelder

pluralDornfelder

Origin of Dornfelder

From German Dornfelder.

Questions about Dornfelder

What does Dornfelder mean?
Dornfelder means a dark-skinned grape variety used for red wine, developed as a hybrid (Helfensteiner × Heroldrebe) by August Herold in 1955 at the Staatliche Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt für Wein- und Obstbau Weinsberg (State Education and Research Institute for Viticulture and Pomology Weinsberg) in Württemberg, Germany.
What part of speech is Dornfelder?
Dornfelder is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Dornfelder?
Dornfelder is pronounced /ˈdɔːnˌfɛldɚ/.

Words near Dornfelder in the dictionary

  1. Dorner
  2. Dorners
  3. Dorney
  4. Dorneys
  5. Dornfeld
  6. Dornfelder
  7. Dornfelds
  8. dornick
  9. dornicks
  10. Dornie
  11. Dornișoara

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