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Essen en · PROPN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɛsən/

Etymology

From the German city and surname, often confused with essen (“eating”), but this is not related. The city's oldest name, Astnide, could be related to Old High German asc (“ash tree”). The surname is from the city.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A major industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A surname from German.

Forms

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Essens Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

von Essen · van Essen

Translations (19)

be Э́сэн (city) · ja エッセン (city) · mr एसन (city) · de Essen (city) · cmn 埃森 (city) · fi Essen (city) · gur Ɛsɛn (city) · vi Ét-xen (city) · ar إِسِن (city) · ko 에센 (city) · gur Ɛsan (city) · ru Э́ссен (city) · lt Esenas (city) · hi एसन (city) · li Esse (city) · uk Е́ссен (city) · la Assindia (city) · lv Esene (city) · bg Е́сен (city)

wikipedia: en:Essen