Essig

Meaning

1. (masculine, strong) vinegar
2. (masculine, predicative, strong) bad

Concepts

vinegar

pickled

piccalilli

salmagundi

Swisttal-Essig

eisel

Synonyms

Apfelessig

etwas Saures

Weinessig

Balsamessig

Balsamico

Reisessig

Würzessig

Eſſig

Translations

vinaigre

vinagre

aceto

vinagre

azijn

vinagre

خل

sirke

acetum

ξύδι

ξίδι

edik

ξυνό

vinagre

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

essig

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛsɪç/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: ezzich

Inherited from Old High German: ezzih

Cognate with Wymysorys: essig

In summary

From Middle High German ezzich, from Old High German ezzih, from Proto-West Germanic *atek, metathesized variant of *aket (“vinegar”). Compare with Vilamovian essig.