What is the meaning of es in German?

Read the German Dictionary meaning of es,part of speech of es, synonyms of es, antonyms of es, words derived from es, examples of es usage, alternate forms of es, word forms of es, history of es, pronounciation of es, abbreviation forms of es below:

German Dictionary Word Meaning of es

1.1 Nominative and accusative neuter third-person singular personal pronoun
2.1 Impersonal pronoun used to refer to statements, activities, the environment etc., or as a placeholder/dummy pronoun — it

Part of Speech - German Dictionary word es

es is a Pronoun. A word that can function as a substitute for a noun

German Dictionary Synonyms of es

's,-'s

German Dictionary Words derived from es

Es,-'s

German Dictionary Examples of Usage of es

1.1 Wo ist das Buch? Es liegt auf dem Tisch.
In English: Where's the book? It’s on the table.,1.2 Wo ist das Kind? Ich habe es.
In English: Where is the child? I have it.,1.3 Welche Farbe hat das Pferd? Es ist weiß.
In English: What color is the horse? It is white.,1.4 Ich bemerkte ein merkwürdiges bärtiges Individuum und beschloss, es im Auge zu behalten.
In English: I remarked a strange bearded individual and decided to keep an eye on him.,1.5 Das Mädchen wusste nicht, dass es beobachtet wurde.
In English: The girl didn’t know that she was being observed.,1.6 Jedes Vorstandsmitglied kann das Wort ergreifen, wenn es dies wünscht.
In English: Any board member may take the floor if they so wish.,1.7 Das Kind sagte nichts und sah mich mit seinen kühlen Augen an. Dann war es fort.
In English: The child said nothing and looked at me with her cold eyes. Then she was gone.,2.1 Das kann es nicht geben.
In English: This is nothing that could possibly exist.,2.2 Sie begann zu laufen, und ich tat es auch.
In English: She started to run, and so did I. (literally, “She began to run, and I did it also.”),2.3 Es war einmal eine schöne Prinzessin.
In English: There was once a beautiful princess.,2.4 Es ist gut zu leben!
In English: It's good to be alive!,2.5 Es regnet.
In English: It’s raining.,2.6 Es ist sicher, dass morgen die Sonne scheinen wird.
In English: It's certain that the sun will shine tomorrow.,2.7 Wie geht es dir?
In English: How are you doing?,2.8 Ich bin es, Michael.
In English: It's me, Michael.,2.9 Es spielt das Fernsehorchester.
In English: The television orchestra is playing.,2.10 Sie wird es noch weit bringen.
In English: She is going to go far.

German Dictionary Word Forms of es

1. (table-tags)
2. de-decl-personal pronouns (inflection-template)
3. ich (first-person,nominative,personal,pronoun,singular)
4. du (error-unrecognized-form,nominative,personal,pronoun,singular)
5. -e (error-unrecognized-form,nominative,personal,pronoun,singular)
6. er (masculine,nominative,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person)
7. sie (feminine,nominative,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person)
8. -se (feminine,nominative,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person)
9. es (neuter,nominative,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person)
10. wir (first-person,nominative,personal,plural,pronoun)
11. ihr (error-unrecognized-form,nominative,personal,plural,pronoun)
12. sie (nominative,personal,plural,pronoun,third-person)
13. -se (nominative,personal,plural,pronoun,third-person)
14. Sie (error-unrecognized-form,nominative,personal,pronoun)
15. Ihr (error-unrecognized-form,nominative,personal,pronoun)
16. meiner (first-person,genitive,personal,pronoun,singular)
17. mein (first-person,genitive,personal,pronoun,singular)
18. deiner (error-unrecognized-form,genitive,personal,pronoun,singular)
19. dein (error-unrecognized-form,genitive,personal,pronoun,singular)
20. seiner (genitive,masculine,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person)
21. sein (genitive,masculine,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person)
22. ihrer (feminine,genitive,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person)
23. seiner (genitive,neuter,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person)
24. sein (genitive,neuter,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person)
25. unser (first-person,genitive,personal,plural,pronoun)
26. euer (error-unrecognized-form,genitive,personal,plural,pronoun)
27. ihrer (genitive,personal,plural,pronoun,third-person)
28. Ihrer (error-unrecognized-form,genitive,personal,pronoun)
29. Euer (error-unrecognized-form,genitive,personal,pronoun)
30. mir (dative,first-person,personal,pronoun,singular)
31. dir (dative,error-unrecognized-form,personal,pronoun,singular)
32. ihm (dative,masculine,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person)
33. ihr (dative,feminine,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person)
34. ihm (dative,neuter,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person)
35. uns (dative,first-person,personal,plural,pronoun)
36. euch (dative,error-unrecognized-form,personal,plural,pronoun)
37. ihnen (dative,personal,plural,pronoun,third-person)
38. Ihnen (dative,error-unrecognized-form,personal,pronoun)
39. Euch (dative,error-unrecognized-form,personal,pronoun)
40. mich (accusative,first-person,personal,pronoun,singular)
41. dich (accusative,error-unrecognized-form,personal,pronoun,singular)
42. ihn (accusative,masculine,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person)
43. sie (accusative,feminine,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person)
44. -se (accusative,feminine,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person)
45. es (accusative,neuter,personal,pronoun,singular,third-person)
46. uns (accusative,first-person,personal,plural,pronoun)
47. euch (accusative,error-unrecognized-form,personal,plural,pronoun)
48. sie (accusative,personal,plural,pronoun,third-person)
49. -se (accusative,personal,plural,pronoun,third-person)
50. Sie (accusative,error-unrecognized-form,personal,pronoun)
51. Euch (accusative,error-unrecognized-form,personal,pronoun)

History of es

From Middle High German ëz, from Old High German iz, from Proto-Germanic *it. Compare English it.

German Dictionary Prnounciation of es

/ɛs/