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Esslingen
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English
Proper noun
en proper noun
en town s/Baden-Württemberg c/Germany near x/Stuttgart.
en Esslingen am Neckar
Anagrams
en eegilnnss lessening
German
de:,Landkreis +
Alternative forms
de Eßlingen obsolete since 1964
Etymology
First attested as de goh Ezelinga in 856. Attested as de goh Hetsilinga in 866. The common placename suffix goh -ingen suggests that the name means "of the people of goh Azzilo." Compare frk *aggju edge (of a sword), as in the name ang Ecghelm.
Pronunciation
de /ˈɛslɪŋən/
de De-Esslingen.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de Ess lin gen
Proper noun
toponym
de town r/Baden-Württemberg c/Germany near city/Stuttgart Esslingen am Neckar
de rural district s/Baden-Württemberg
Declension
n,(s).sg
Derived terms
de Esslinger
de Esslingerin
de esslingisch
References
Manfred Niemeyer (Hrsg.): Deutsches Ortsnamenbuch. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 2012, S. 168.
de terms suffixed with -ingen