Ess
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ess"
English edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Ess (plural Esses)
- A surname from German.
Statistics edit
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Ess is the 41579th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 523 individuals. Ess is most common among White (91.01%) individuals.
Further reading edit
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ess”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 537.
Alemannic German edit
Etymology edit
From Old High German essa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-. Cognate with German Esse.
Noun edit
Ess f
References edit
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 14.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Noun edit
Ess m (definite singular Essen, indefinite plural Esser, definite plural Essene)
- Alternative letter-case form of ess
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Noun edit
Ess m (definite singular Essen, indefinite plural Essar, definite plural Essane)
- Alternative letter-case form of ess