"Essen" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{m|de|essen|t=eating}} essen (“eating”), {{m|de|Astnide}} Astnide, {{der|en|goh|asc|t=ash tree}} Old High German asc (“ash tree”) Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Essen
  1. A major industrial city in North Rhine-Westphalia, in western Germany. Categories (place): Cities in Germany, Cities in North Rhine-Westphalia, Essen, Places in Germany, Places in North Rhine-Westphalia Translations (city): إِسِن (ʔesen) [masculine] (Arabic), 埃森 (Āisēn) (Chinese Mandarin), Ɛsɛn (Farefare), Ɛsan (Farefare), Essen (Finnish), Essen [neuter] (German), エッセン (Essen) (Japanese), 에센 (esen) (Korean), Assindia [feminine] (Latin), Esene (Latvian), Esse (Limburgish), Esenas (Lithuanian), एस्सेन (essen) [neuter] (Marathi), Э́ссен (Éssɛn) [masculine] (Russian), Ét-xen (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-Essen-en-name-PahUfSoq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of 'city': 100 0
  2. A surname from German.
    Sense id: en-Essen-en-name-gISmo46Y Categories (other): English surnames

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