noun
a general name for beers made from wheat by top fermentation; usually very pale and cloudy and effervescent
• Syn: ↑Weissbier, ↑white beer
• Regions: ↑Germany, ↑Federal Republic of Germany, ↑Deutschland, ↑FRG
• Hypernyms: ↑ale
• Hyponyms: ↑Weizenbier, ↑Weizenbock
Useful english dictionary. 2012.