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Esche

Pronunciation: /ˈɛʃə/

“Esche” is a German word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. ash (tree)

Etymology

From Middle High German esche f, asch m, from Old High German asca f, asc m, from Proto-West Germanic *ask. The umlaut can be explained here from the plural of the masculine noun, though it may also be due to the secondary umlaut triggered by following -sch- which is found throughout western dialects of High German (compare Äsche, where this is probably the cause of the umlaut).

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