ess
German, verb
ess is spelled E-S-S (3 letters) and appears 3.5 times per million words in written German, the 15,856th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ess is a German verb meaning “first-person singular present of essen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does ess mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialfirst-person singular present of essen
- 2
colloquialsingular imperative of essen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
abbreviation: 1. Europäische Sicherheitsstrategie
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How common is ess in German?
ess appears 3.5 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).