German

Alternative forms

• Esztisch (obsolete)
• Eßtisch (especially pre-1996)

Noun

Esstisch m ‎(genitive Esstischs or Esstisches, plural Esstische)

1. table upon which meals are eaten; eating table; dinner table

Usage notes

Esstisch has been the prescribed spelling since the German spelling reform of 1996 (the Rechtschreibreform). (Previously, it had been deprecated by the German Orthographic Conference of 1901.)