Essbesteck

German

Etymology

From essen (“eat”) +‎ Besteck (“cutlery”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɛsbəˌʃtɛk/
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Hyphenation: Ess‧be‧steck

Noun

Essbesteck n (strong, genitive Essbesteckes or Essbestecks, plural Essbestecke)

cutlery

Declension

Declension of Essbesteck [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Essbesteck	die	Essbestecke
genitive	eines	des	Essbesteckes, Essbestecks	der	Essbestecke
dative	einem	dem	Essbesteck, Essbestecke¹	den	Essbestecken
accusative	ein	das	Essbesteck	die	Essbestecke

¹Now rare, see notes.

Related terms

Further reading

“Essbesteck” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Essbesteck” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Essbesteck” in Duden online
“Essbesteck” in OpenThesaurus.de
Essbesteck on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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