Es

See also: Appendix:Variations of "es"

Translingual

Symbol

Es

1. (chemistry) Symbol for einsteinium.
2. (metrology) Symbol for exasecond, an SI unit of time equal to 10¹⁸ seconds.
3. (obsolete) hesperium (“esperium”)

English

Noun

Es

1. plural of E

Usage notes

• Opinions vary regarding the use of apostrophes when forming the plurals of letters of the alphabet. New Fowler's Modern English Usage, after noting that the usage has changed, states on page 602 that "after letters an apostrophe is obligatory." The 15th edition of The Chicago Manual of Style states in paragraph 7.16, "To avoid confusion, lowercase letters ... form the plural with an apostrophe and an s". The Oxford Style Manual on page 116 advocates the use of common sense.

Anagrams

• -se, SE, Se., se, se.

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Es
• Homophones: es, ess, S

Etymology 1

E (“E”) +‎ -(e)s (“flat”)

Noun

Es n (strong, genitive Es, plural Es)

1. (music) E-flat

Declension

Declension of Es [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Es	die	Es
genitive	eines	des	Es	der	Es
dative	einem	dem	Es	den	Es
accusative	ein	das	Es	die	Es

Etymology 2

Nominalization of es (“it”).

Noun

Es n (strong, genitive Es, plural Es)

1. (psychoanalysis) id

   Synonym: Id

Declension

Declension of Es [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Es	die	Es
genitive	eines	des	Es	der	Es
dative	einem	dem	Es	den	Es
accusative	ein	das	Es	die	Es

Descendants

• → New Latin: id (semantic loan)
  • → Czech: id
  • → Danish: id
  • → English: id

Further reading

• “Es” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Es” in Duden online
• “Es” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon