Esche

Meaning

Noun

ash (tree)

Name

Eš (a village in the Czech Republic)

Concepts

ash

ash tree

common ash

Fraxinus

Esche

European ash

ash wood

Synonyms

Eschenholz

gemeine Esche

gewöhnliche Esche

Fraxinus

hohe Esche

eschen

Eschenbaum

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

äsche

Basel-Landschaft

esche

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛʃə/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: esche

Inherited from Old High German: asca

In summary

From Middle High German esche f, asch m, from Old High German asca f, asc m, from Proto-West Germanic *ask.
The umlaut can be explained here from the plural of the masculine noun, though it may also be due to the secondary umlaut triggered by following -sch- which is found throughout western dialects of High German (compare Äsche, where this is probably the cause of the umlaut).