Gesäß

Meaning

backside, buttocks

Concepts

buttocks

bottom

backside

ass

arse

rump

behind

butt

rear end

rear

tail

buttock

bum

seat

hindquarters

posterior

derriere

nates

stern

buns

can

fanny

fundament

hind end

keister

prat

tail end

tooshie

tush

base

back

kimono seat lining

consequence

breech

tushes

oxtail

pony tail

hurdies

botty

butt cheek

butt-cheek

cheek

gluteus

haunch

one-half

Hyphenated as

Ge‧säß

Gender

Neuter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡəˈzɛːs/

Etymology

From Middle High German gesæze, gesezze, gesetze, gesōze, from Old High German gisāzi (“seat, residence, camp, backside”), from "where one sits on"; compare German sitzen. Possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic *sētiją. Compare also English seat, Icelandic sæti, Middle Dutch gesaete.