Hesse

Borrowed from German Hesse.

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.

• Eshes, eshes

Borrowed from German Hesse.

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɛs/

Hesse f

1. Hesse (a state of modern Germany)

• Hessien
• hessien
• Hessois
• hessois

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛsə/

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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.

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

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

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

Hesse f (genitive Hesse, plural Hessen)

1. shank (of beef or veal)

Hesse

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

   Synonym: (Standard German) Hessen

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

• Héssia

From German Hesse.

Hesse m

1. Hesse (a state of modern Germany)

• Hessia

Borrowed from German Hesse.

Hesse f

1. Hesse (a state of modern Germany)