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GERMAN · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

essen.

to eat

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈɛsən/[ˈʔɛ.sn̩]

  1. to eat

    class-5 · strong · transitive
    Er isst gern Schokolade.
    Ich esse einen Apfel.

  2. to eat; to dine

    class-5 · intransitive · strong
    Wir haben noch nicht gegessen.
    Sie haben immer vor 9 Uhr abends gegessen.
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German ëȥȥen, from Old High German ëȥȥan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan, from Proto-Germanic *etaną, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed-. Cognate with Low German eten, Alemannic German ässe, 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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