Neuter
es
Meaning
-
- (neuter) nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun
- (neuter) Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun — it
Synonyms
Frequency
Dialects
Zürich
es
Zürich
äs
Appenzell Innerrhoden
es
Fribourg
as
Basel-Landschaft
es
Zürich
s
Graubünden
es
St. Gallen
as
Bern
es
Fribourg
es
Appenzell Ausserrhoden
es
Lucerne
es
Basel-Landschaft
ääs
Basel-Landschaft
s
Basel-Landschaft
ins
Basel-Stadt
es
Graubünden
as
Basel-Landschaft
äs
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛs/
Etymology
From Middle High German ëz, from Old High German iz, from Proto-Germanic *it. Compare English it.
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Sentences
Das gilt es auch abzuwägen.
This must also be weighed up.
Wo gibt es Sanktionen ?
Where are the sanctions?