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Alemannic German
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old High German ëȥȥan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną. Cognate with German essen, Dutch eten, English eat, Swedish äta.
Verb
essen
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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Noun
essen
German
Etymology
From Middle High German ëȥȥen, from Old High German ëȥȥan, 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.
Pronunciation
Verb
essen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present isst, past tense aß, past participle gegessen or (obsolete) gessen, past subjunctive äße, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive) to eat
- Er isst gern Schokolade.
- He likes eating chocolate.
- Ich esse einen Apfel.
- I am eating an apple.
- (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.
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Synonyms
Derived terms
- auswärts essen — to eat out
- Ess-Brech-Sucht
- essbar
- Esser
- essgestört
- Esslöffel m
- Essstäbchen pl
- Essstörung
- Esssucht
- Esstisch m
- Esszimmer n
- mit langen Zähnen essen
- rückwärts essen
- zu Abend essen — to have dinner, to have tea (Br.)
- zu Mittag essen — to have lunch
Related terms
- Essen n
Further reading
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Hungarian
Alternative forms
- essék (archaic, today mostly in fixed phrases)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
essen
Norwegian Nynorsk
Alternative forms
Noun
essen n or m
Old Occitan
Verb
essen
Swedish
Noun
essen
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