kirsch

American  

[keersh] / kɪərʃ /

noun

1. a fragrant, colorless, unaged brandy distilled from a fermented mash of cherries, produced especially in Germany, Switzerland, and Alsace, France.

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Kirsch British  

/ kɪəʃ, ˈkɪəʃˌvɑːsə /

noun

1. a brandy distilled from cherries, made chiefly in the Black Forest in Germany and in the Jura and Vosges districts of France

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Etymology

Origin of kirsch

1810–20; < German Kirsch, shortened form of Kirschwasser, equivalent to Kirsch ( e ) cherry + Wasser water

Example Sentences

Every night Nicole would recite her recipes of chestnut cream or a bavarois with strawberries soaked in kirsch.

From BBC • Jan. 1, 2022

It is sweetened with cherry preserves and spiked with kirsch for extra cherry flavor.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2021

There is a lot going on in the name of this dish, but it is not unrelated to the clafoutis: cherries, almond essence and kirsch, baked in custard.

From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2020

Try spooning flaming kirsch down its slopes in mesmerizing blue rivulets.

From New York Times • Dec. 1, 2017

It must be kirsch, I thought, from its diamond clearness.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VIII (of X) - Continental Europe II. by Lodge, Henry Cabot