witbier

== English == === Etymology === From Dutch witbier. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɪt.bɪə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɪt.bɪɚ/ Hyphenation: wit‧bier === Noun === witbier (countable and uncountable, plural witbiers) A top-fermented barley/wheat beer brewed mainly in Belgium and the Netherlands. == Dutch == === Etymology === Compound of weit +‎ bier, in which weit is a (now obsolete) cognate of English wheat and German Weizen, or compound of wit +‎ bier. The latter may be a later folk etymology, based on the former. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋɪt.bir/ Hyphenation: wit‧bier === Noun === witbier n (plural witbieren, diminutive witbiertje n) (uncountable, countable) witbier, a top-fermented beer, brewed from wheat and barley, mainly brewed in Belgium and the Netherlands