Esch

See also: esch and -esch

English

Etymology

From German Esch.

Proper noun

Esch (plural Esches)

A surname from German.

Statistics

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

Anagrams

Ches., hESC, sech

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

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

Derived terms

Eschenaar

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 [script needed] (ḫattāi-, “to cut (grain)”).^[1]^[2]

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɛʃ/
Rhymes: -ɛʃ

Noun

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

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

Declension

Declension of Esch [masculine, strong]

	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)

a surname

Derived terms

Eschscholtz

References

^ Guus Kroonen (2013) “atiska-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 39
^ 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

[1] Guus Kroonen (2013) “atiska-”, in Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎^[1], 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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