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  • Hyphenation: Es‧se

Esse n

  1. A neighbourhood of Zuidplas, South Holland, Netherlands
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛsə/
  • Hyphenation: Es‧se

From Middle High German esse, from Old High German essa (furnace), from Proto-Germanic *asjō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (to dry, burn, glow; hearth, ashes). Related to Asche, English ash.

Esse f (genitive Esse, plural Essen)

  1. (dialectal) chimney-hood over a stove
    Synonyms: Schlot, Schornstein
    • 2017, Mikhail Bulgakov, chapter 18, in Alexander Nitzberg, transl., Meister und Margarita, Galiani:

      Damit briet er Fleisch in der Glut des Kamins. Der Saft troff zischend herab, und der Dampf stieg aufwärts und entwich durch die Esse.

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  • Esse” in Duden online

From the Latin esse.

Esse n (strong, genitive Esse, no plural)

  1. (uncountable) existence

Esse n (plural Esse)

  1. food
  2. meal

Pennsylvania German

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Compare German Essen, English eats.

Esse n (plural Esse)

  1. food

    Esse un Drinke

    Food and drink(s)
  2. meal

Esse

  1. A former municipality in Ostrobothnia region, Finland.