Ess

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ess"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Ess.

Proper noun

Ess (plural Esses)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ess is the 41579^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 523 individuals. Ess is most common among White (91.01%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ess”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 537.

Alemannic German

Etymology

From Old High German essa, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-. Cognate with German Esse.

Noun

Ess f

1. (Uri) chimney-hood over a stove

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 14.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

Ess m (definite singular Essen, indefinite plural Esser, definite plural Essene)

2. Alternative letter-case form of ess

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

Ess m (definite singular Essen, indefinite plural Essar, definite plural Essane)

2. Alternative letter-case form of ess