Essig

German

Alternative forms

• Essich (obsolete)

Etymology

Originally a mistaken spelling of German Essich, from Middle High German eȥȥich, from Old High German eȥȥih, from Proto-West Germanic *atek, metathesized variant of *aket (“vinegar”). Cognate with Luxembourgish Esseg and Vilamovian essig.

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /ˈɛsɪç/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• (Southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland) IPA^(key): /ˈɛsɪk/

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• Hyphenation: Es‧sig
• Rhymes: -ɛsɪç

Noun

Essig m (strong, genitive Essigs, plural Essige)

1. vinegar
2. (predicative) bad

Declension

Declension of Essig [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Essig	die	Essige
genitive	eines	des	Essigs	der	Essige
dative	einem	dem	Essig	den	Essigen
accusative	einen	den	Essig	die	Essige

Hyponyms

• Apfelessig
• Apfelweinessig
• Balsamessig
• Eisessig
• Traubenessig
• Weinessig

Derived terms

• Essigflasche
• Essigfliege
• Essiggurke
• essigsauer
• Essigsäure
• Essigsoße
• Essigwasser

Further reading

• “Essig” in Duden online
• “Essig”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)