essen

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Meaning

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

Frequency

A1
Dialects

Zürich

Zürich

ässe

Zürich

Zürich

esse

Bern

Bern

ässe

Bern

Bern

ässä

Zug

Zug

ässe

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

ässe

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

esse

Lucerne

Lucerne

ässe

Aargau

Aargau

ässe

Zürich

Zürich

ässä

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

ässe

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

ässe

Solothurn

Solothurn

ässe

Aargau

Aargau

esse

Graubünden

Graubünden

essa

St. Gallen

St. Gallen

essa

Obwalden

Obwalden

ässä

Basel-Stadt

Basel-Stadt

ässä

Fribourg

Fribourg

ässe

Graubünden

Graubünden

mampfa

Lucerne

Lucerne

esse

Schaffhausen

Schaffhausen

ässä

Schwyz

Schwyz

ässe

Solothurn

Solothurn

esse

Thurgau

Thurgau

ässä

Thurgau

Thurgau

essä

Valais

Valais

ässu

Thurgau

Thurgau

esse

Aargau

Aargau

habere

Aargau

Aargau

essä

Bern

Bern

esse

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

esse

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

bigge

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

frässe

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

hagge

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

mangsche

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

mangschle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

muffle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schmuure

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

spachtle

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

spyyse

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

sputte

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

verdrugge

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

versoorge

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

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.

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