essen

See also: Essen

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• asse, assu, ässe, ässä

Etymology

From Old High German ezzan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną. Cognate with German essen, Dutch eten, English eat, Swedish äta.

Verb

essen

1. (Issime) to eat

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

essen

1. (deprecated template usage) Plural form of es

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛsən/, [ˈʔɛsn̩]

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Etymology

From Middle High German ezzen, from Old High German ezzan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Cognate with Low German eten, Dutch eten, English eat, Danish æde, Norwegian ete, Swedish äta, Yiddish עסן (esn) and Gothic 𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (itan). Non-Germanic cognates include Latin edō, Russian есть (jestʹ), Scottish Gaelic ith.

Verb

1. (transitive) to eat

   Er isst gern Schokolade.

   He likes eating chocolate.

   Ich esse einen Apfel.

   I am eating an apple.

2. (intransitive) to eat; to dine

   Wir haben noch nicht gegessen.

   We have not eaten yet.

   Sie haben immer vor 9 Uhr abends gegessen.

   They always ate before 9 o’clock in the evening.

Usage notes

• In obsolete usage, the past participle was frequently gessen, which is still used in Austria.

Synonyms

• fressen (for animals)
• genießen
• speisen

Derived terms

• auswärts essen — to eat out
• essbar
• essgestört
• zu Mittag essen — to have lunch
• zu Abend essen — to have dinner, to have tea (Br.)
• Ess-Brech-Sucht
• Esslöffel m
• Essstäbchen pl
• Essstörung
• Esstisch m
• Esssucht
• Esszimmer n

Related terms

• Essen n

Further reading

• “essen” in Duden online

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Hungarian

Alternative forms

• essék (archaic, today mostly in fixed phrases)

Etymology

From the es- stem of esik +‎ -jen

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛʃːɛn]
• Hyphenation: es‧sen

Verb

essen

1. third-person singular subjunctive present indefinite of esik

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• esset

Noun

essen n or m

1. definite masculine singular of ess

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Swedish

Noun

essen

1. (deprecated template usage) definite plural of ess