Gesäß

See also: Gesäss

German

Alternative forms

Gesäss (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)

Etymology

From Middle High German gesæze, gesezze, gesetze, gesōze, from Old High German gisāzi (“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)
Audio (file)
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

Declension of Gesäß [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Gesäß	die	Gesäße
genitive	eines	des	Gesäßes	der	Gesäße
dative	einem	dem	Gesäß, Gesäße¹	den	Gesäßen
accusative	ein	das	Gesäß	die	Gesäße

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Gesäßbein
Gesäßmuskel
Gesäßschwiele
Gesäßtasche

Further reading

“Gesäß” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Gesäß” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Gesäß” in Duden online
“Gesäß” in OpenThesaurus.de
Gesäß on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

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