Places

• in Germany:
  • Essen
    Essen
    - Origin of the name :In German-speaking countries, the name of the city Essen often causes confusion as to its origins, because it is commonly known as the German infinitive of the verb for the act of eating, and/or the German noun for food. Although scholars still dispute the interpretation of...
    
    , one of the major cities of the Ruhr area of Germany
    • The Spiel
      Spiel
      Internationale Spieltage SPIEL, often called Essen after the city where it is held, is an annual four-day game trade fair held in October at the Messe Essen exhibition centre in Essen...
      
       game-fair that is held in Essen is often referred to as "Essen"
  • Essen, Lower Saxony
    Essen, Lower Saxony
    Essen is a municipality in the district of Cloppenburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is on the river Hase, about 5 km north of Quakenbrück and 15 km southwest of Cloppenburg....
    
    , in the district of Cloppenburg, Lower Saxony
  • Bad Essen
    Bad Essen
    Bad Essen is a small municipality and health resort in the district of Osnabrück, in Lower Saxony. Bad Essen with its historical centre is located on the German Framework Road.-Geography:...
    
    , in the district of Osnabrück, Lower Saxony
• Essen, Belgium
  Essen, Belgium
  Essen is a municipality located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality comprises the towns of Essen Centrum, Heikant, Horendonk, Wildert, Statie en Hoek. On January 1, 2007 Essen had a total population of 17,143. The total area is 47.48 km² which gives a population density of 358...
  
  , in the province of Antwerp
• Essen (Groningen), a village in Groningen (province)
  Groningen (province)
  Groningen [] is the northeasternmost province of the Netherlands. In the east it borders the German state of Niedersachsen , in the south Drenthe, in the west Friesland and in the north the Wadden Sea...
  
  , the Netherlands
• Essen (Gelderland), a village in the province of Gelderland
  Gelderland
  Gelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,...
  
  , the Netherlands

People

• August Franz Essen
  August Franz Essen
  August Franz Essen was a Saxonian diplomat. He was Saxonian representative to Poland, residing in Gdańsk from 1761 to 1764, and then in Warsaw....
  
  , 18th an century Saxonian diplomat
• Louis Essen
  Louis Essen
  Louis Essen FRS O.B.E. was an English physicist whose most notable achievements were in the precise measurement of time and the determination of the speed of light...
  
  , an English physicist
• Nikolai Essen
  Nikolai Essen
  Nikolai Ottovich Essen was a Russian naval commander and admiral from the Baltic German Essen family. For more than two centuries his ancestors had served in the Navy, and seven had been awarded the Order of St...
  
  , a Russian naval commander and admiral
• Hans Henric von Essen
  Hans Henric von Essen
  Count Hans Henrik von Essen was a Swedish officer, courtier and statesman.Hans Henrik von Essen was born at Kavlås Castle in Tidaholm Municipality, Västra Götaland County, Sweden. He was educated at Uppsala University. He entered the army becoming a cornet at age 18. He accompanied Gustav III in...
  
   (several different men)

Other

• Das Essen is the German word meaning food
  Food
  Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals...
  
  , or eating
  Eating
  Eating is the ingestion of food to provide for all organisms their nutritional needs, particularly for energy and growth. Animals and other heterotrophs must eat in order to survive: carnivores eat other animals, herbivores eat plants, omnivores consume a mixture of both plant and animal matter,...
  
  . (It is an infinitive
  Infinitive
  In grammar, infinitive is the name for certain verb forms that exist in many languages. In the usual description of English, the infinitive of a verb is its basic form with or without the particle to: therefore, do and to do, be and to be, and so on are infinitives...
  
  used as a noun.)
• The German verb essen means "to eat", referring to the human activity.