essen

See also: Essen

Alemannic German

Verb

essen

  1. (Issime) to eat

References

  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna: Comitato unitario delle linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

essen

  1. Plural form of es

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈʔɛsn̩]
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Etymology

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

Verb

essen (class 5 strong, third-person singular simple present isst, past tense aß, past participle gegessen, past subjunctive äße, auxiliary haben)

  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. (or, Sie aßen immer vor 9 Uhr abends.) — “They always ate before 9 o’clock in the evening.”

Conjugation

Usage Notes

  • In obsolete usage, the past participle was frequently gessen.

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Further reading

Hungarian

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

Noun

essen n, m

  1. definite masculine singular of ess

Swedish

Noun

essen

  1. definite plural of ess
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