es
Meaning
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- (accusative,neuter,nominative,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person) 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
Frequency
Gender
Neuter
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
Eigentlich ist es logisch .
Actually, it's logical.
Beim Stockholmer Programm geht es vielleicht um das Gesetz , jedoch nicht 🚫 um Gerechtigkeit .
🚫
The Stockholm Programme may be about law, but it is not about justice.