Esse
German, noun
Esse is spelled E-S-S-E (4 letters) and appears 16 times per million words in written German, the 4,698th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esse is a German feminine noun meaning “chimney-hood over a stove” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, esse is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Rauchfang über dem Herd”.
What does Esse mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechimney-hood over a stove
noun
- 1
neuterexistence
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rauchfang über dem Herd 2. bauliche Vorrichtung zum Abführen des Rauchs 3. offene Feuerstelle in einer Schmiede
noun: 1. das Sein, Wesen
The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.
Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of Esse
- Essen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Esse
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Esse in German?
Esse appears 16 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).