Hesse

English

Proper noun

Hesse

1. (geography) A former realm and modern state of Germany.
   • 1759, George Sale et al., The Modern Part of an Universal History, volume XXIX: History of the German Empire, page 2:

     Since the reign of Charlemagne, this country is divided into High and Low Germany... the provinces of Lower Germany towards the north conſiſt of the Low Country of the Rhine, Triers, Cologn, Mentz, Weſtphalia, Heſſe, Brunſwic, Miſnia, Luſatia, High Saxony upon the Elbe, Low Saxony upon the Elbe, Mecklenburg, Lauenburg, Brandenburg, Magdeburg, and Pomerania.

2. A surname​.

Derived terms

• Hessian

Translations

state

• Albanian: Hesia
• Arabic: هِسِّن‎ (hissin)
• Armenian: Հեսսեն (Hessen)
• Catalan: Hessen
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 黑森 (Hēisēn)

• Czech: Hessensko n, Hesensko (cs) n
• Danish: Hessen
• Dutch: Hessen
• Esperanto: Hesujo, Hesio
• Finnish: Hessen (fi)
• French: Hesse (fr)
• Friulian: Assie
• Georgian: ჰესენი (heseni)
• German: Hessen (de)
• Greek: Εσσή (Essí)
• Ido: Hesia (io)
• Italian: Assia (it) f

• Japanese: ヘッセン (Hessen)
• Korean: 헤센 (Hesen)
• Latin: Hassia f
• Latvian: Hesene
• Lithuanian: Hesenas
• Macedonian: Хесен m (Hesen)
• Marathi: हेस्स n (hess)
• Novial: Hesia
• Polish: Hesja (pl)
• Portuguese: Hesse m, Héssia f
• Russian: Ге́ссен (ru) m (Géssen)
• Slovak: Hesensko (sk) n
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Hesseńska

  Upper Sorbian: Hessenska

• Spanish: Hesse (es), Hessia
• Volapük: Hesän (vo)
• Yiddish: העסע‎ (hese)

See also

• Wikipedia article on Hesse

Anagrams

• Eshes, eshes

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French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɛs/

Proper noun

Hesse ?

1. Hesse

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German Hesse, from Old High German Hesso, possibly ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *hatjaną (“to persecute; hate”). Compare Chatti, Chasuarii, Chattuarii.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Hesse m (genitive Hessen, plural Hessen, female Hessin)

1. A man born in or residing in the state of Hesse; a Hessian.

Declension

Declension of Hesse

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hesse	die	Hessen
genitive	eines	des	Hessen	der	Hessen
dative	einem	dem	Hessen	den	Hessen
accusative	einen	den	Hessen	die	Hessen

Proper noun

Hesse ? (genitive Hesse)

1. (Hessian) Hesse.
2. A habitational surname​ for an inhabitant of Hesse.

Synonyms

• (Central German state): Hessen (Standard German)

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Héssia

Proper noun

Hesse m

1. Hesse (a state of Germany)

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Spanish

Alternative forms

• Hessia

Proper noun

Hesse f

1. Hesse (a state of Germany)