Hesse
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Hesse (countable and uncountable, plural Hesses)
- A former realm and modern state of Germany.
- 1759, George Sale et al., “The Modern Part of an Universal History”, in History of the German Empire, volume XXIX, 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.
- (countable) A surname from German.
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state
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Area states: Baden-Württemberg · Bavaria · Brandenburg · Hesse · Lower Saxony · Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania · North Rhine-Westphalia · Rhineland-Palatinate · Saarland · Saxony · Saxony-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringia |
City states: Berlin · Bremen · Hamburg |
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- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɛs/
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Hesse f
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États de la zone: Bade-Wurtemberg · Bavière · Brandebourg · Hesse · Basse-Saxe · Mecklembourg-Poméranie-Occidentale · Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie · Rhénanie-Palatinat · Sarre · Saxe · Saxe-Anhalt · Schleswig-Holstein · Thuringe |
cités-États: Berlin · Brême · Hambourg |
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From Middle High German Hesse, from Old High German Hesso, possibly ultimately derived from Proto-Germanic *hatjaną (“to persecute; hate”). Compare Chatti, Chasuarii, Chattuarii.
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Hesse m (weak, genitive Hessen, plural Hessen, feminine Hessin)
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Declension of Hesse [masculine, weak]
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Hesse f (genitive Hesse, plural Hessen)
- shank (of beef or veal)
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Declension of Hesse [feminine]
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Hesse
Etymology 4 edit
Proper noun edit
Hesse m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hesses or (with an article) Hesse, feminine genitive Hesse, plural Hesses or Hesse)
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Declension of Hesse [masculine // feminine, surname]
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indef. | def. | noun | indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | (ein) | (der) | Hesse | (eine) | (die) | Hesse | (die) | Hesses, Hesse |
genitive | (eines) | (des) | Hesses, Hesse1 | (einer) | (der) | Hesse | (der) | Hesses, Hesse |
dative | (einem) | (dem) | Hesse | (einer) | (der) | Hesse | (den) | Hesses, Hesse |
accusative | (einen) | (den) | Hesse | (eine) | (die) | Hesse | (die) | Hesses, Hesse |
1With an article.
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Hesse m
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Hesse f