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How to pronounce riesling

Riesling has a z sound in CMUdict, REEZ-ling (R IY1 Z L IH0 NG), and the "ie" is a long ee, not "rye".

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The dictionary sound sequence

CMUdict lists this North American English pronunciation for riesling. Read each sequence from left to right. The numbers mark vowel stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

Dictionary variant 1

R IY1 Z L IH0 NG

Syllable estimate: 2 vowel nuclei
Primary stress: 1st vowel position

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Syllable counts come from vowel tokens; CMUdict does not supply syllable boundaries here. Variant order follows the dictionary and does not rank correctness. This lexicon does not represent every accent or context.

Use riesling in context

Riesling appears on wine lists, tasting notes and vineyard tours. Readers who apply "ie" as in pie say "rice-ling". The listed form has the ee of reed and a buzzing z before the l.

A dry riesling goes well with spicy food.
The winery is known for its late harvest riesling.

Read the sound tokens

Each example word below is a cue for the named sound, rather than a respelling of riesling. Unstressed vowels may sound reduced. These cues follow the CMU phoneme-set key (Appendix A).

Rsound in readconsonant

IYsound in eatvowel

Zsound in zeeconsonant

Lsound in leeconsonant

IHsound in itvowel

NGsound in pingconsonant

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How to pronounce riesling

Word: riesling
Dictionary variant: 1 of 1
CMUdict ARPABET: R IY1 Z L IH0 NG
Vowel nuclei / estimated syllables: 2
Primary stress: 1st vowel position

ORIGINAL AUDITION SCRIPT
A dry riesling goes well with spicy food.
The winery is known for its late harvest riesling.

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Practice note: Begin with "reez" and then add "ling". In German the s is closer to an s, so note that the English dictionary form is the one shown here.

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