Gesäß

== German == === Alternative forms === Gesäss (Switzerland, Liechtenstein) === Etymology === From Middle High German gesæȥe, geseȥȥe, gesetze, gesōȥe, from Old High German gisāȥi (“seat, residence, camp, backside”), from "where one sits on"; compare German sitzen. Possibly ultimately from a Proto-Germanic *sētiją. Compare also English seat, Icelandic sæti, Middle Dutch gesaete. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡəˈzɛːs/ (standard; used naturally in western Germany and Switzerland) IPA(key): /ɡəˈzeːs/ (overall more common; particularly northern and eastern regions) Hyphenation: Ge‧säß === Noun === Gesäß n (strong, genitive Gesäßes, plural Gesäße) (formal, anatomy) backside, buttocks Synonyms: Hintern, Hinterteil, Po; (childish) Popo; (potentially vulgar) Arsch ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “Gesäß”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Gesäß” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Gesäß” in Duden online “Gesäß” in OpenThesaurus.de Gesäß on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de