witbier

Pronunciation: /ˈʋɪt.bir/

“witbier” is a Dutch word. Its meaning in English:

noun

witbier, a top-fermented beer, brewed from wheat and barley, mainly brewed in Belgium and the Netherlands

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.

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