-ese
[eːzə]
The verdict
“-ese” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a suffix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement, das aus Toponymen, Ortsnamen/Ländernamen die Bezeichnung für den Einwohner macht
Corpus desk
Index DE-ese · -ese · German
-ese · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "-" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | -ese |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Suffix |
| IPA | [eːzə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „-ese“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
-ese is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as asuffix, transcribed [eːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement, das aus Toponymen, Ortsnamen/Ländernamen die Bezeichnung für den Einwohner macht".
No generated misspelling entries exist for -ese in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is -ese, spelled --E-S-E.
Definition
- 1nachgestelltes Wortbildungselement, das aus Toponymen, Ortsnamen/Ländernamen die Bezeichnung für den Einwohner macht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how -ese appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ein Milanese ist ein Einwohner Mailands.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.