Esch

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See also: esch and -esch

English

Etymology

From German Esch.

Proper noun

Esch (plural Esches)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Esch is the 10145th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3179 individuals. Esch is most common among White (96.6%) individuals.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as hesc in 773-774. Likely derived from Proto-West Germanic *aski (“ash forest”) (see *ask).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛs/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Esch
  • Rhymes: -ɛs
  • Homophone: es

Proper noun

Esch n

  1. A village and former municipality of Boxtel, North Brabant, Netherlands
    Synonym: Oggelvorsenpoel (Carnival nickname)

Derived terms

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

Partly from Middle High German esch, ezzisch, from Old High German ezzisc, and partly from Middle Low German esch, *etsch, from Old Saxon etisk, all from Proto-Germanic *atiska- (“grainfield”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *h₂edos- (“sort of cereal, grain”), related to Latin ador (“spelt”), Hittite (ḫattāi-, “to cut (grain)”).[1][2]

Cognate with Middle Dutch esch, Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 (atisk).

Pronunciation

Noun

Esch m (strong, genitive Esches or Eschs, plural Esche)

  1. (regional, especially Westphalia, archaic, except in toponyms) field; pasture; plot of land

Declension

Declension of Esch
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Esch die Esche
genitive eines des Esches, Eschs der Esche
dative einem dem Esch, Esche1 den Eschen
accusative einen den Esch die Esche

1Now rare, see notes.

Proper noun

Esch m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Eschs or (with an article) Esch, feminine genitive Esch, plural Eschs)

  1. a surname

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “atiska-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39
  2. ^ Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) “հատ”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 392
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