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Bavarian
Alternative forms
- es, ees (alternative spelling)
- öß, ös (dated)
- ēhs (capital form at the beginning of a sentence: Ehs)
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *jut (“you two”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
eß
- you (plural, familiar, nominative)
- Synonym: ihr
Gehts eß haid essn?- Are y'all going to eat today?
See also
Bavarian personal pronouns
References
- Wanderungen im bayerischen Gebirge von Ludwig Steub, 1862, p. 143: "Bekanntlich hat sich dagegen im Bayerischen ein uralter Dual: eß, enk erhalten, der jetzt als Plural (ihr, euch) gebraucht wird."
Further reading
- Bayerisches Wörterbuch. Sammlung von Wörtern und Ausdrücken von J. Andreas Schmeller. Erster Theil, 1827, p. 118 s.v. "eß (és)"
- Die Sprachwissenschaft. W. D. Whitney's Vorlesungen über die Principien der vergleichenden Sprachforschung für das deutsche Publikum bearbeitet und erweitert von Dr. Julius Jolly, 1874, p. 119 mentions it as "ess" (but also writes "grosse" and "dass")
- Der Wiener Dialekt. Lexikon der Wiener Volkssprache. (Idioticon Viennense.) Von Dr. Fr. S. Hügel, 1873, p. 9 mentions it as "ehs"
- Beiträge zur Landeskunde Oesterreich's unter der Enns. Erster Band, 1832, p. 90 and elsewhere mentions it as "ēhs"
Central Franconian
Verb
eß
- (Kölsch) is