Esche

See also: esche and esché

German

Eine Esche – Fraxinus excelsior

Etymology

From Middle High German esche f, asch m, from Old High German asca f, asc m, from Proto-West Germanic *ask.

The umlaut can be explained here from the plural of the masculine noun, though it may also be due to the secondary umlaut triggered by following -sch- which is found throughout western dialects of High German (compare Äsche, where this is probably the cause of the umlaut).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛʃə/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: Äsche
• Rhymes: -ɛʃə

Noun

Esche f (genitive Esche, plural Eschen)

1. ash (tree)

Declension

Declension of Esche [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Esche	die	Eschen
genitive	einer	der	Esche	der	Eschen
dative	einer	der	Esche	den	Eschen
accusative	eine	die	Esche	die	Eschen

Derived terms

• eschen

Proper noun

Esche n (proper noun, genitive Esches or (optionally with an article) Esche)

1. Eš (a village in the Czech Republic)

Further reading

• “Esche” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Esche” in Duden online