Polyglot Dictionary

Essay

/ˈɛse/

der noun B2

der (masc.) die (fem.) das (neut.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
die Essays

Meaning

  1. essay

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Aufsatz

Aufsatz is the general German word for an essay or composition, like a school essay; Essay is the more literary, journalistic loanword, used for a published, sophisticated essay.

Similar in other languages

French

essai

essai is the French word for the same thing — both mean "essay."

Practice

1 What does Essay mean?

2 Fill the gap: Er schrieb einen ___ über Freiheit.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches Essay?

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