"Essen" meaning in English

See Essen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

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. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|-}} German, {{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, Germany, Essen, Places in Germany, Places in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 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), एसन (esan) [neuter] (Marathi), Э́ссен (Éssɛn) [masculine] (Russian), Ét-xen (Vietnamese)
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  2. A surname from German.
    Sense id: en-Essen-en-name-gISmo46Y Categories (other): English surnames, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Terms with German translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 5 4 27 24 7 2 1 1 4 25 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 29 71
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