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Gesäß

Meaning

backside, buttocks

Frequency

41k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɡəˈzɛːs/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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