Indulgences

1. Béier

   Beer

   Usage

   Beer; Luxembourg has its own local beers. Always written with é

   Grammar Note

   Masculine noun. Always write Béier with the é; the spelling without it is a different word with an offensive sense. Béier also means wild boar.

2. Humpen

   Half-pint of beer

   Usage

   A half-pint glass of draught beer

   Grammar Note

   Masculine noun (plural Humpen). The n-rule form of Humpen is Humpe.

3. Patt

   Beer mug

   Usage

   A mug or glass for beer or wine

   Grammar Note

   Masculine noun (plural Pätt). Not to be confused with the feminine noun Patt, which means an animal's paw.

4. Panaché

   Shandy

   Usage

   A light drink of beer mixed with lemonade

   Grammar Note

   Masculine noun.

5. Rivaner

   Usage

   A light white wine widely grown along the Luxembourg Moselle

   Grammar Note

   Masculine noun.

6. Elbling

   Usage

   Wine from an old white grape variety of the Moselle

   Grammar Note

   Masculine noun.

7. Auxerrois

   Usage

   A white wine with a soft, round taste

   Grammar Note

   Masculine noun.

8. Pinot gris

   Pinot Gris

   Usage

   A white wine grape variety grown on the Moselle

   Grammar Note

   Masculine noun. The grape name stays French.

9. Pinot blanc

   Pinot Blanc

   Usage

   A grape variety used for dry white wines

   Grammar Note

   Masculine noun. The grape name stays French.

10. Riesling

    Usage

    A white wine made from the Riesling grape

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun.

11. Gewürztraminer

    Usage

    An aromatic white wine

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun.

12. Cremant

    Crémant (sparkling wine)

    Usage

    Luxembourg's sparkling wine; menus may write it as French "Crémant de Luxembourg"

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun. The spelling is Cremant without an accent; menus often write Crémant.

13. Kippchen

    Glass of crémant

    Usage

    A glass of sparkling wine, often taken after work

    Grammar Note

    Feminine noun (plural Kippercher). The n-rule form is Kippche; the plural is Kippercher.

14. Äiswäin

    Ice wine

    Usage

    A sweet wine made from frozen grapes

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun (plural Äiswäiner). The n-rule form is Äiswäi.

15. Fiederwäissen

    New wine in fermentation

    Usage

    Young wine still fermenting, served in the autumn harvest season

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun. The n-rule form is Fiederwäisse.

16. Greechen

    New Luxembourg white wine

    Usage

    The Luxembourg term for the year's new white wine

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun. The n-rule form is Greeche.

17. Glüwäin

    Mulled wine

    Usage

    Hot spiced wine served at winter markets

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun. The n-rule form is Glüwäi.

18. Quetsch

    Quetsch (damson brandy)

    Usage

    A spirit distilled from damson plums, taken in a small glass after a meal

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun. The brandy Quetsch is masculine. The feminine noun Quetsch is the fruit and is an insult when said of a person.

19. Mirabell

    Mirabelle brandy

    Usage

    A spirit distilled from the small yellow mirabelle plum

    Grammar Note

    Feminine noun.

20. Drëpp

    Spirits (shot)

    Usage

    Spirits, or a small glass of them

    Grammar Note

    Feminine noun (plural Drëppen).

21. Branntewäin

    Brandy

    Usage

    Spirits distilled from fruit and other sources

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun. The n-rule form is Branntewäi.

22. Likör

    Liqueur

    Usage

    A sweet drink taken after a meal

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun.

23. Aperitif

    Usage

    A light drink before a meal

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun (plural Aperitifer).

24. Digestif

    Usage

    A drink, often a spirit, taken after a meal

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun (plural Digestifen).

25. Zigarett

    Cigarette

    Usage

    Cigarettes

    Grammar Note

    Feminine noun (plural Zigaretten).

26. Zigar

    Cigar

    Usage

    Cigars

    Grammar Note

    Feminine noun (plural Zigaren).

27. Tubak

    Tobacco

    Usage

    Loose tobacco

    Grammar Note

    Masculine noun.

28. Päif

    Pipe

    Usage

    A tobacco pipe

    Grammar Note

    Feminine noun (plural Päifen). Päif also means a whistle.

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