Kresse

Borrowed from German Kresse.

Kresse (plural Kresses)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kresse is the 33379^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 684 individuals. Kresse is most common among White (94.74%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kresse”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 352.

• Eskers, eskers, skeers

From Middle High German kresse, from Old High German kressa, from Proto-West Germanic *krassjā. Cognates include English cress.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʁɛsə/

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Kresse f (genitive Kresse, plural Kressen)

1. cress

   Synonym: Gartenkresse

• “Kresse (Fisch)” in Duden online
• “Kresse (Pflanze)” in Duden online
• “Kresse” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkresə/

Kresse f

1. plural of Kress