Esstisch

See also: Eßtisch

German

Alternative forms

• Esztisch (obsolete)
• Eßtisch (especially pre-1996)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛsˌtɪʃ/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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• Hyphenation: Ess‧tisch
• Rhymes: -ɪʃ

Noun

Esstisch m (strong, genitive Esstisches or Esstischs, plural Esstische)

1. table upon which meals are eaten; eating table; dinner table

Usage notes

• The spelling Esstisch was deprecated in 1902 in the German spelling standardisation of the Second Orthographic Conference.
• The spelling Esstisch has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). In Switzerland and Liechtenstein, it had already been standard since ⟨ß⟩ was deprecated in the 1930s.

Declension

Declension of Esstisch [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Esstisch	die	Esstische
genitive	eines	des	Esstisches, Esstischs	der	Esstische
dative	einem	dem	Esstisch, Esstische1	den	Esstischen
accusative	einen	den	Esstisch	die	Esstische

¹Now rare, see notes.