Esch

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 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/

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• 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

• 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)”).

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɛʃ

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 [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)

1. a surname

Derived terms

• Eschscholtz

See also

• Hook