Rhenish

American  

[ren-ish] / ˈrɛn ɪʃ /

adjective

1. of the river Rhine or the regions bordering on it.

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noun

1. British. Rhine wine.

Rhenish British  

/ ˈriː-, ˈrɛnɪʃ /

adjective

1. of or relating to the River Rhine or the lands adjacent to it, esp the Rhineland-Palatinate

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noun

1. another word for hock 2

Other Word Forms

• trans-Rhenish adjective

Etymology

Origin of Rhenish

1325–75; < Latin Rhēn ( us ) Rhine + -ish ¹; replacing Middle English Rhinisch < Old High German

Example Sentences

In Mumbai and Shenzhen, Nairobi and Rio, Marx is surely more than just a staid Rhenish intellectual with no purchase on the present.

From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2013

By the last work in the concert, Schumann's "Rhenish", they were at ease, the playing taut and lean.

From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2012

Simon Rattle conducted the Vienna Philharmonic in this work, together with Webern's Six Pieces for Orchestra Op 6 and Schumann's Symphony No 3 "Rhenish", in Birmingham and London last week.

From The Guardian • Jun. 23, 2012

Rhenish vintners last week christened their 1931 output "Hoover."

From Time Magazine Archive

“Supper, sir? Cold beef and the best bread in the county? A jug of ale or some Rhenish wine?”

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman