Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

schwarzbier

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: schwarz-bier
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dark lager that has an opaque, black colour with hints of chocolate or coffee flavours, and is generally around 5% ABV, similar to stout in that it is made from roasted malt, which gives it its dark colour.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Heralded for their dark colors and bittersweet chocolate flavors, schwarzbiers are represented on U.S. shores by Köstritzer Black Beer, imported by Friedlin & Assoc. Inc."
"These black lagers had flavor all right, but none of them were real schwarzbiers."
"Once, at a traditional charcoal-making plant, I got a bottle of schwarzbier, a kind of black lager, and another day, just east of the former East Germany–West Germany border, I happened on Kukki’s Erbsensuppe, a roadside stand selling bowls of thick split-pea soup with bacon that had opened just after reunification."

Etymology

From German Schwarzbier (literally “black beer”).

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Schwarzbier

Usage

Inflected Forms

schwarzbiers (plural)

Questions

What does schwarzbier mean?: A dark lager that has an opaque, black colour with hints of chocolate or coffee flavours, and is generally around 5% ABV, similar to stout in that it is made from roasted malt, which gives it its dark colour.
Where does schwarzbier come from?: It is traced to German.

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