Luxembourgish

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Etymology

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From German hessisch; equivalent to Hessen +‎ -esch.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈhæseʃ/, [ˈhæsəʃ]

Adjective

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hessesch (masculine hesseschen, neuter hessescht, comparative méi hessesch, superlative am hesseschsten)

  1. Hessian
    • 2001, Jeanny Friederich et al., Eng Klack fir eis Sprooch[1]:
      Ze verstoen ass déi Kueberei nëmmen doduerch, datt däitschsproocheg (hessesch) Beamten déi lëtzebuergesch Nimm am 19. Joerhonnert no hirem Ouer opgeschriwwen hunn
      The ignorance is only to be understood as a result of the fact that German-speaking (Hessian) officials wrote down the Luxembourgish names in the 19th century from what they heard
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Declension

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Declension of hessesch
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative hien ass hessesch si ass hessesch et ass hessesch si si(nn) hessesch
nominative /
accusative
attributive and/or after determiner hesseschen hessesch hessescht hessesch
independent without determiner hessesches hessescher
dative after any declined word hesseschen hessescher hesseschen hesseschen
as first declined word hesseschem hesseschem