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• kirsch
  kirsch

  noun

  a fragrant, colorless, unaged brandy distilled from a fermented mash of cherries, produced especially in Germany, Switzerland, and Alsace, France.
• Kirsch
  Kirsch

  noun

  a brandy distilled from cherries, made chiefly in the Black Forest in Germany and in the Jura and Vosges districts of France

kirsch

American  

[keersh] / kɪərʃ /

noun

1. a fragrant, colorless, unaged brandy distilled from a fermented mash of cherries, produced especially in Germany, Switzerland, and Alsace, France.

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Kirsch British  

/ kɪəʃ, ˈkɪəʃˌvɑːsə /

noun

1. a brandy distilled from cherries, made chiefly in the Black Forest in Germany and in the Jura and Vosges districts of France

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Etymology

Origin of kirsch

1810–20; < German Kirsch, shortened form of Kirschwasser, equivalent to Kirsch ( e ) cherry + Wasser water

Example Sentences

David Kirsch at the University of Maryland said estimates of Musk's wealth are inevitably "highly speculative" because a large share depends on equity assets whose valuations depend on whether anticipated growth pans out.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

Increased competition from generic competitors would generate a roughly $4 billion negative impact in 2026, Harry Kirsch, Novartis’s chief financial officer, said in a call with reporters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

“Powdered stone worked. So did lizard’s blood and crocodile dung, and pig’s teeth and dolphin’s genitalia and frog’s sperm,” as psychologist Irving Kirsch later explained it.

From Slate • Jan. 30, 2026

In 2011, he connected with Kirsch, and in 2023 the group published their reanalysis in BMJ Open, a peer-reviewed general medicine publication.

From Salon • May 23, 2025

Herbert and his friend Johannes Kirsch worked their way up and down the streets, stuffing flyers into tenement mailboxes and doorways.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti