Hesse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hesse.

Proper noun

Hesse (countable and uncountable, plural Hesses)

2. A state of modern Germany.
3. A medieval principality and former duchy in Central Europe.

   Synonyms: Hessia, Hessen

   • 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.

4. (countable) A surname from German.

Derived terms

• Hessean
• Hessian

Related terms

• Hesseman
• Hessemann

Translations

state

• Albanian: Hesia
• Arabic: هِسِّن (hissin)
• Armenian: Հեսսեն (Hessen)
• Bulgarian: Хе́сен m (Hésen)
• Catalan: Hessen (ca)
• 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)
• Hungarian: Hessen (hu)
• 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: हेस n (hes)
• 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
• Ukrainian: Ге́ссен m (Héssen)
• Vietnamese: Hét-xen
• Volapük: Hesän (vo)
• Yiddish: העסע (hese)

Anagrams

• Eshes, eshes

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hesse.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɛs/

Proper noun

Hesse f

1. Hesse (a state of modern Germany)

Derived terms

• Hessien
• hessien
• Hessois
• hessois

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛsə/

• Audio:

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Etymology 1

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

Noun

Hesse m (weak, genitive Hessen, plural Hessen, feminine Hessin)

1. Hessian (native or inhabitant of the state of Hesse, Germany) (usually male)

Declension

Declension of Hesse [masculine, weak]

	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

Derived terms

• Hessemann

Descendants

• English: Hesse
• French: Hesse
• Portuguese: Hesse
• Spanish: Hesse

Etymology 2

Noun

Hesse f (genitive Hesse, plural Hessen)

1. shank (of beef or veal)

Declension

Declension of Hesse [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hesse	die	Hessen
genitive	einer	der	Hesse	der	Hessen
dative	einer	der	Hesse	den	Hessen
accusative	eine	die	Hesse	die	Hessen

Etymology 3

Proper noun

Hesse

1. (Hesse) Hesse (a state of modern Germany)

   Synonym: (Standard German) Hessen

Etymology 4

Proper noun

Hesse m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hesses or (with an article) Hesse, feminine genitive Hesse, plural Hesses or Hesse)

1. a habitational surname for an inhabitant of Hesse

Declension

Declension of Hesse [masculine // feminine, surname]

	singular						plural
	masculine			feminine
	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.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Héssia

Etymology

From German Hesse.

Proper noun

Hesse m

1. Hesse (a state of modern Germany)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Hessia

Etymology

Borrowed from German Hesse.

Proper noun

Hesse f

1. Hesse (a state of modern Germany)