Essen
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
German city and surname, often confused with essen (“eating”), but this is not related. The city's oldest name, Astnide, could be related to Old High German asc (“ash tree”).[1] The surname is from the city.
Proper noun[edit]
Essen
- A major industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.
- A surname from German.
Translations[edit]
city
References[edit]
- ^ Paul Derks: Der Ortsname Essen, in: Essener Beiträge 103 (1989/90), pp. 27–51
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- (Gelderland) First attested as essen in 1379-1380. Derived from the plural form of es (“ash, Fraxinus excelsior”).
- (Groningen) First attested as jesse in 1245. Etymology uncertain. The toponym may have been reinterpreted as the plural form of es (“ash, Fraxinus excelsior”). Alternative hypotheses include a derivation from the Biblical name Jesse or a derivation from an unknown prehistoric source.
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Essen n
- A hamlet in Barneveld, Gelderland, Netherlands.
- A hamlet in Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.
References[edit]
- van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN
German[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Middle High German ëzzen, from Old High German ezzan, akin to Old Saxon etan, compare Dutch eten.
Noun[edit]
Essen n (strong, genitive Essens, plural Essen)
- gerund of essen; eating
- Das Trinken lernt der Mensch schon früh, und später erst das Essen.
So soll der Mensch aus Dankbarkeit das Trinken nicht vergessen.- Man learns to drink early on, and only later to eat.
So man will not, out of gratitude, forget to drink.
- Man learns to drink early on, and only later to eat.
- meal
- food
- groceries
- Man sollte mit den Kindern Essen einkaufen gehen
- One should buy groceries together with the kids.
- 2010 July 28, “Mit Kindern gemeinsam Essen einkaufen gehen”, in Aachener Zeitung[1]:
- Mit Kindern gemeinsam Essen einkaufen gehen
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Essen [neuter, strong]
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See Esse
Noun[edit]
Essen
Etymology 3[edit]
Disputed. Found in its earliest form as Astnide, which could refer to a region of ash trees and be related to Esche (see Old High German asc).[1][2]
Proper noun[edit]
Essen n (proper noun, genitive Essens or (optionally with an article) Essen)
- Essen (a major industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)
Usage notes[edit]
- In German-speaking countries, the name is often confused with essen, the infinitive of the verb for "eating," as well as sense 1 (“food, eats”).
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Essen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Essen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- Essen on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
- “Essen” in Duden online
- “Essen” in Duden online
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Essen”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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