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English
Noun
Esquimo (plural Esquimos)
- (dated) Alternative spelling of Eskimo
Proper noun
Esquimo
- (dated) Alternative spelling of Eskimo
German
Noun
Esquimo m (strong, genitive Esquimos or Esquimo, plural Esquimo or Esquimos or Esquimo's)
- Dated spelling of Eskimo.
1837, George Back, Wunderbare Reiſen und Abenteuer zu Waſſer und zu Lande beſtanden von Capitän Back in den Jahren 1834 und 1835 um den für verloren gehaltenen Capitän Roß aufzuſuchen, page 67f:Doch bald ſollte auch dieſe Freude getrübt werden. Der Bote berichtete uns nämlich, daß ſchon vor einem Monat ein ähnliches Paquet an uns abgeſendet worden ſey, und daß ſich mein alter Gefährte, der Esquimo-Dolmetſch A u g u ſt u s, an die Überbringer desſelben alſogleich angeſchloſſen habe, ſobald er meine Anweſenheit erfuhr. […] Die Anhänglichkeit dieſes guten Esquimo, und ſein höchſt wahrſcheinlicher Tod betrübten mich auf lange Zeit.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- Often written with a short s (i.e. as Esquimo, not Eſquimo) even in texts which otherwise used long s for medial s, see 1837 quotation.
Declension