Veltliner
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Etymology ===
Apparently named after Valtellina in northern Italy, though no link is known between the grape and the region.
=== Noun ===
Veltliner (countable and uncountable, plural Veltliners)
A white wine made from a grape variety grown primarily in Austria, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic, often served with food.
== German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [vɛltˈ liːnɐ], [fɛltˈ liːnɐ]
Hyphenation: Velt‧li‧ner
=== Noun ===
Veltliner m (strong, genitive Veltliners, plural Veltliner)
a native or inhabitant of Veltlin/Valtellina in Lombardy/northern Italy
Veltliner (white wine)
==== Declension ====
==== Hypernyms ====
Lombarde
Norditaliener
Mitteleuropäer
==== Hyponyms ====
Grüner Veltliner
Roter Veltliner
==== Derived terms ====
Veltlinerin
=== Adjective ===
Veltliner (indeclinable, no predicative form)
(relational) of Veltlin
==== Usage notes ====
Words like this are considered indeclinable adjectives, as noted by Duden, DWDS and other modern German references, but are capitalized because they originated as genitive plurals of substantives. See -er for more.
=== Further reading ===
“Veltliner”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)