Essen
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English[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Essen
- A major industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.
- A surname.
Translations[edit]
city
Anagrams[edit]
German[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Old High German ezzan, akin to Old Saxon etan, compare Dutch eten.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Essen n (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 quote)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Essen
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Essen” in Duden online
Etymology 2[edit]
From Old High German essa.
Noun[edit]
Essen
Proper noun[edit]
Essen n (genitive Essens)
- Essen (a major industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany)
References[edit]
- “Essen” in Duden online
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