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Essen   /ˈɛsən/   Listen
Essen

noun
1.
A city in western Germany; industrial center of the Ruhr.





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"Essen" Quotes from Famous Books



... estimated for Prussia alone at 3 milliards yearly in the next three years, so that it may be assumed to be for the whole Empire 5 milliards yearly in the same period. Wages have risen everywhere. To give some instances, I will mention that among the workmen at Krupp's factory at Essen the daily earnings have increased from 1879-1906 by 77 per cent., the pay per hour for masons from 1885-1905 by 64 per cent., and the annual earnings in the Dortmund district of the chief mining office from ...
— Germany and the Next War • Friedrich von Bernhardi
... and showed it to Rolf. He pushed his nose into it, exhibiting marked interest and seemed impatient to communicate the matter to his mistress, therefore without more ado he spelt out: 'maigfr in sagdl, inn was dsm sn' (i.e. 'Maikafer in der Schachtel; innen was zu essen') (May-bug in box; inside something to eat), adding, presumably as an after-thought, 'nid gefressn' (nicht gefressen; didn't eat it!). Rolf had therefore recognised the biscuits inside the may-bug by their smell only—and was anxious ...
— Lola - The Thought and Speech of Animals • Henny Kindermann


Words linked to "Essen" :   metropolis, city, FRG, Federal Republic of Germany, Deutschland, urban center, Germany


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