Esche

See also: esche and esché

German
Eine Esche – Fraxinus excelsior

Etymology

From Middle High German esche f, asch m, from Old High German asca f, asc m, from Proto-West Germanic *ask.

The umlaut can be explained here from the plural of the masculine noun, though it may also be due to the secondary umlaut triggered by following -sch- which is found throughout western dialects of High German (compare Äsche, where this is probably the cause of the umlaut).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛʃə/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: Äsche
  • Rhymes: -ɛʃə

Noun

Esche f (genitive Esche, plural Eschen)

  1. ash (tree)

Declension
Declension of Esche [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Esche die Eschen
genitive einer der Esche der Eschen
dative einer der Esche den Eschen
accusative eine die Esche die Eschen

Derived terms

Proper noun

Esche n (proper noun, genitive Esches or (optionally with an article) Esche)

  1. Eš (a village in the Czech Republic)

Further reading
  • “Esche” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Esche” in Duden online
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