essen

Meaning

1. (class-5,strong,transitive) to eat
2. (class-5,intransitive,strong) to eat; to dine

Concepts

eat

consume

drink

dine

have a meal

eat up

feed

lunch

eaten

hum

receive a blow

suffer

take

receive something

receive

hear

devour a meal

food

devour

ingest

swallow

have tea

supper

guzzle

ate

eats

Hyphenated as

es‧sen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛsən/

Etymology

From Middle High German ezzen, from Old High German ezzan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-.
Cognate with Low German eten, Dutch eten, English eat, Danish æde, Norwegian ete, Swedish äta, Yiddish עסן (esn) and Gothic 𐌹𐍄𐌰𐌽 (itan). Non-Germanic cognates include Latin edō, Russian есть (jestʹ), Scottish Gaelic ith.

Sentences

Ich würde viel lieber auf sie verzichten , als sie zu essen !

I'd much rather give them up than eat them!