ezzen

== Middle High German == === Alternative forms === gëȥȥen === Etymology === Inherited from Old High German ëȥȥan, from Proto-West Germanic *etan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ˈɛsːən/ === Verb === ëȥȥen (class 5 strong, third-person singular present iȥȥet, past tense aȥ, past participle gëȥȥen, past subjunctive æȥe, auxiliary hān) to eat ==== Usage notes ==== The first and third person singular forms in the preterite tense of the indicative mood of this verb varied in their vowel lengths. Forms with a short vowel (aȥ) and forms with a long vowel (āȥ) both occur. The variant with the long vowel existed already in the Proto-Germanic era, which is unlike the other verbs of this class. See *etaną and *ēt. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== German: essen === References === Benecke, Georg Friedrich; Müller, Wilhelm; Zarncke, Friedrich (1863), “ëȥȥen”, in Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch: mit Benutzung des Nachlasses von Benecke, Stuttgart: S. Hirzel == Old High German == === Verb === ëȥȥēn third-person plural present subjunctive of ëȥȥan