muenster

[muhn-ster, moon-]

noun

(often initial capital letter)

1. a white, semisoft, mild cheese made from whole milk.

muenster

/ ˈmʊnstə /

noun

1. a whitish-yellow semihard whole milk cheese, often flavoured with caraway or aniseed

Word History and Origins

Origin of muenster¹

First recorded in 1900–05; after Müenster in France (Haut-Rhin)

Word History and Origins

Origin of muenster¹

after Muenster, Haut-Rhin, France

Example Sentences

There’s a lesson here, I think: don’t try to push American cheese into a place where you really want gouda or Muenster or Gruyère.

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In college, I once overheard a friend order a sandwich in the dining hall that would soon become my go-to for months: chicken cutlets, Muenster, pesto and mayonnaise on a hard roll.

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Steinmeier is holding a state banquet for Macron at his Bellevue palace in Berlin on Sunday evening before the two presidents travel on Monday to the eastern city of Dresden, where Macron will make a speech, and on Tuesday to Muenster in western Germany.

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Muenster, Texas, has hosted a German-heritage festival for nearly 50 years.

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In Muenster, Texas, a contract dispute exposed deeper worries about changing traditions.

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