Essen
See also: essen
English
Proper noun
Essen
Translations
city
Anagrams
German
Etymology 1
From Old High German ezzan, akin to Old Saxon etan, compare Dutch eten.
Pronunciation
Noun
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 quotation)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “Essen” in Duden online
Etymology 2
From Old High German essa.
Noun
Essen
Proper noun
Essen n (proper noun, strong, genitive Essens)
- A large industrial city in Germany.
References
- “Essen” in Duden online
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