Esslingen

== English == === Proper noun === Esslingen A town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, near Stuttgart. Synonym: Esslingen am Neckar === Anagrams === lessening == German == === Alternative forms === Eßlingen (obsolete since 1964) === Etymology === First attested as Old High German Ezelinga in 856. Attested as Hetsilinga in 866. The common placename suffix -ingen suggests that the name means "of the people of Azzilo." Compare *aggju (“edge (of a sword)”), as in the name Ecghelm. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɛslɪŋən/ Hyphenation: Ess‧lin‧gen === Proper noun === Esslingen n (proper noun, genitive Esslingens or (optionally with an article) Esslingen) a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, near Stuttgart; official name: Esslingen am Neckar a rural district of Baden-Württemberg ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Esslinger Esslingerin esslingisch === References === Manfred Niemeyer (Hrsg.): Deutsches Ortsnamenbuch. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin/New York 2012, S. 168.